datedness

noun

as in obsolescence

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  1. obsolescence
  2. antiquity
  3. ancientness
Noun
  • That's economic obsolescence rather than physical failure, and depreciation schedules built on physical failure will understate it.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Each state has its own system, and many are rickety or verging on obsolescence.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of obsolescence
Noun
  • The details in the case closely resemble charges that have been made against the children of German art dealer Serop Simonian, the eighty-three-year-old alleged leader of a trafficking ring specializing in Egyptian antiquities.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The same circle of dealers also sold artworks to the Metropolitan Museum, where the New York District Attorney’s Office seized five antiquities valued collectively at more than $3 million in 2022; those included a gold sarcophagus.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of antiquity
Noun
  • Since war broke out in late February, the show in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia province, had grown increasingly popular, as interest surges among Chinese people in a nearby nation and culture that rivals their own in its depth and ancientness.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of ancientness
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“Datedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/datedness. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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