no longer used because something new has been invented synonym out of date淘汰的;廢棄的;過時的 obsolete technology 過時技術 With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete. 随着技術的革新,許多傳統技藝已被淘汰。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin obsoletus ‘grown old, worn out’, past participle of obsolescere ‘fall into disuse’.