Obsolescent

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  • adjective. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete.
  • adjective. Becoming reduced during the course of evolution; vestigial or nearly vestigial. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Becoming obsolete; passing out of use: as, an obsolescent word or custom.
  • In entomology, somewhat obsolete; imperfectly visible.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. becoming obsolete
    • Word Usage
    "We have an incredible problem in obsolescent equipment."
    cross-reference
    -escent  
    Equivalent
    noncurrent  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crescent  adolescent  antidepressant  convalescent  crescent  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Edmund  apsidal  dialectal  features  fivefold  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disappearing  dying  waning  
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