no longer used because something new has been invented synonym out of date淘汰的;废弃的;过时的 obsolete technology 过时技术 With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete. 随着技术的革新,许多传统技艺已被淘汰。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin obsoletus ‘grown old, worn out’, past participle of obsolescere ‘fall into disuse’.