obsolete
adjective
- = outdated, old, passé, ancient, antique, old-fashioned, dated, discarded, extinct, past it, out of date, archaic, disused, out of fashion, out, antiquated, anachronistic, outmoded, musty, old hat, behind the times, superannuated, antediluvian, outworn, démodé (French), out of the ark (informal), vieux jeu (French) •
The company says the plant is obsolete and does not merit further investment.
opposites: new, the new, current, modern, contemporary, fashionable, trendy (British, informal), up-to-date, present day, in vogue, in, du jour (French), à la mode, culty
'obsolete' in Other Languages
- British English: obsolete
Something that is obsolete is no longer needed because a better thing now exists.The equipment became obsolete almost as soon as it was made.ˈɒbsəˌliːt; ˌɒbsəˈliːt ADJECTIVE - Arabic: مَهْجُورٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: obsoleto obsoleta
- Chinese: 荒废的
- Croatian: zastario zastarjela, zastarjelo
- Czech: zastaralý
- Danish: forældet
- Dutch: verouderd
- European Spanish: obsoleto obsoleta
- Finnish: vanhentunut
- French: obsolète
- German: veraltet
- Greek: απαρχαιωμένος απαρχαιωμένη
- Italian: obsoleto obsoleta
- Japanese: すたれた
- Korean: 쓸모 없어진
- Norwegian: umoderne
- Polish: przestarzały przestarzała
- Portuguese: obsoleto obsoleta
- Romanian: perimat perimat, perimată, perimați, perimate
- Russian: устаревший устаревшая
- Spanish: obsoleto obsoleta
- Swedish: föråldrad
- Thai: ที่ล้าสมัย
- Turkish: modası geçmiş
- Ukrainian: застарілий
- Vietnamese: lỗi thời
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