deprecated

[dep-ri-key-tid]

adjective

1. spoken or written about with disapproval.

   The much deprecated preference of poorer people for less nutritious white bread over brown has to do with price as well as palatability.

2. Computers.,  (of a software version or feature) marked as not recommended for users and developers because of the risk of damage or compromised security, the existence of superior alternatives, or an impending upgrade.

   This routine removes all deprecated tags and obsolete elements from the code, replacing them where appropriate.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of deprecate.

Other Word Forms

• undeprecated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deprecated¹

deprecate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Blocking public posts makes no sense. It needs to be deprecated in favor of a stronger form of mute,” Mr. Musk tweeted.

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It is kind of intuitive at this point to say we have had hundreds of billions of dollars in 3D assets invested, and all of those essentially get deprecated after their first use.

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It was already deprecated last year when the company disabled Android Auto for Phone Screens on newer Android 12 devices.

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The current Meet app will be called “Meet Original,” and eventually deprecated.

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There’s no official word from Google as to why it’s deprecated the feature, so we may never know for sure the reasoning behind Google abandoning it to its ever-increasing product graveyard.

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