obsolescence
[ob-suh-les-uh ns]
- the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
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Origin of obsolescence
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Contemporary Examples
In doing so, he implied the obsolescence of that most embedded of British watering holes, the pub.
These passages feel the most lived in; aging, for Rebecca Winter, is less frightening than obsolescence.
(That infrastructure, by the way, comes with assorted vandalism, obsolescence, and parking logistics issues).
Electric Vehicles May Be the Green Car of the Future, But Hybrids Are the Green Car of the PresentMegan McArdle
January 24, 2013
And therein lies a tale of fragility and obsolescence that can be told in two tidy charts.
Or at least they should, if they are not to follow the path to obsolescence.
Historical Examples
Petzholdt's Bibliotheca bibliographica is a classified bibliography that shows signs of obsolescence.
A History of Bibliographies of BibliographiesArcher Taylor
This operation has naturally declined in vogue with the obsolescence of blood-letting as a remedy.
Yet even in those words which do not become common there is very little tendency to obsolescence in the King James version.
The Greatest English ClassicCleland Boyd McAfee
In nearly all cases structural remnants of eyes admit of being detected, in various degrees of obsolescence.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3)George John Romanes
Some may enjoy a second life; most of them will feel only the weakness of a second obsolescence.
English: Composition and LiteratureW. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Word Origin and History for obsolescence
n.
1809; see obsolescent + -ence. Phrase Planned obsolescence coined 1932, revived as a disparaging term 1950s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
obsolescence
[(ob-suh-les-uhns)]
A decline in the value of equipment or of a product brought about by an introduction of new technology or by changes in demand. (See planned obsolescence.)
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