built-in obsolescence
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Their sturdy, do-it-yourself construction is also a tacit riposte to the built-in obsolescence of so many products today.
From New York Times
“Slang words have their own built-in obsolescence. And it’s a way of marking divides — generational, regional, insider versus outsider,” said Bradley.
From Los Angeles Times
All of us are dealing with built-in obsolescence.
From Seattle Times
A finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, this poetry collection, in the words of our reviewer, Elisa Gabbert, confronts “the extraordinary yet banal fact that all of us die” — or, to put it more elegantly, life’s inherent “reversal of fortune, our built-in obsolescence.”
From New York Times
This lack of built-in obsolescence, or a limitation that would have required additional sales, caused the company to scramble for new glass Help would come, of all places, from a cake.
From Salon
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