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obsolescent

[ UK /ˌɒbsəlˈɛsənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɑbsəˈɫɛsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. becoming obsolete

How To Use obsolescent In A Sentence

  • Oh yes, soldiering on... "For some reason Peter and I regularly communicated in this obsolescent patois of the British Empire. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
  • A class is created of dogged self-righteous obstructionists with a vested interest in the status quo, however obsolescent, however decayed, however inappropriate to the site.
  • The gargoyles of an already obsolescent industrial revolution looked as if they too were beginning to belong to history. DISPLACED PERSON
  • Too much equipment was obsolescent, and the lack of capital investment adversely affected productivity.
  • His conventional forces, though obsolescent and suffering from shortages, are still sufficiently massive to threaten neighbors.
  • At present the civilized world is trapped somewhat in a timewarp of arguably obsolescent political, ethical, and strategic assumptions and practices.
  • The term is obsolescent, and will in time probably disappear.
  • The bulk of China's order-of-battle, however, consists of obsolescent Soviet-styled and Soviet-built equipment.
  • Althouse: "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness... "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness..."
  • by 'garth' meaning 'garden': a good word, and why the devil it should be obsolescent is more than I can tell you -- Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
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