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Learn “Obsolete

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Obsolete

adjective/OB-suh-leet/

No longer used because something newer has replaced it.

Handwritten letters have become almost obsolete since email arrived.

Obsolete sounds like 'absolute-ly out' — an obsolete thing is absolutely out of date.

Use for things replaced by something newer, not simply things that are old.