obsolescent

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Recent Examples of obsolescent The sheer neglect of Iran’s conventional military was long self-evident in its air force, which has become embarrassingly obsolescent compared to most of its counterparts in neighboring states. Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 For example, its Navy went from 140 obsolescent ships in 2003 to 234 modern ships today. Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable. Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023 My desktop collection of obsolescent chargers may not obviously connect me with the divine. Britt Peterson, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023 It’s that they have been made obsolescent, by a decades-long consolidation of media empires and influence. John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022 The film is in part lugubrious in its longing for obsolescent objects, in its yearning for years before iPhones (with which the crisis of the film would otherwise be more easily solved). Dini Adanurani, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022 Without substantive upgrades or even replacements, these aircraft will start becoming obsolescent by the end of this decade. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021 Buildings and spaces have been rendered obsolescent. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsolescent
Adjective
  • The county, which has aggressively sought redevelopment of its aging and obsolete housing projects, did not request the proposal from Bakehouse.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
  • The Accelerating Skills Gap According to the World Economic Forum, 39% of current skills are expected to change or become obsolete by 2030.
    Ramiro Gonzalez Forcada, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Slow and costly interconnection processes and outmoded grid planning can prevent meaningful progress.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • What all of this costs the networks and cable news outlets is surely sizable; what’s produced is beholden to the many limitations or traditions of TV news: outmoded news segment formats, restrictive standards.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • That said, there isn't a specific vehicle age where any car becomes so antiquated that it's rendered useless.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 18 June 2025
  • Think here especially of the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, or antiquated water and sewer system and aging bridges.
    Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • This type of technology has significant potential to disrupt and transform archaic IT infrastructure practices at healthcare organizations globally.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • How archaic tech, staff shortages and construction made a meltdown at Newark Airport The FAA has responded by trying to get more air traffic control students into the pipeline.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Around 61% of workers say that the climb up the corporate ladder feels outdated, with Gen Z and millennials just about tied at 65% and 62% respectively.
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 24 June 2025
  • In a statement, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins described the rule — which applies to about 30% of national forestland — as outdated and overly restrictive.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Oftentimes, on-sale, co-op, or conservation-organization seed are actually out-of-date seed that can’t be sold at full price.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
  • Worse, even knowledge that’s current when written can immediately start to go stale and out-of-date as the business evolves.
    Kevin Novak, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • With his understanding of and affection for the hardy inhabitants of the mountainous American West, Walker-Silverman brings a new and tender radiance to the idea of regional filmmaking, along with an awareness of outworn stereotypes.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This was not a forgone conclusion at the time; indeed, during the 1930s, democracy was widely viewed as an outworn political form.
    Taeku Lee, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
Adjective
  • Fixing something old — a battered toy, a superannuated radio, a rickety house — is an act of love and a gesture of faith.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2024
  • But remember this is a superannuated, octogenarian leader who has just endured years of popular unrest and rising conflict with Israel, and 24 hours ago saw a surprisingly moderate president, Masoud Pezeshkian, get sworn in.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 31 July 2024

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“Obsolescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescent. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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