obsolete
adjective
no longer in general use; fallen into disuse.
obsoleteness
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a word derived from
obsolete.
Example Sentences
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The communities “are very angry because of the destruction of their livelihoods resulting from the obsoleteness of Shell’s equipment and are concerned the regulator and Shell will blame sabotage by the residents,” Dumnamene said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Their sacred books, their Vedas, were become unintelligible to them, not so much from obsoleteness of character, as because they no longer possessed the higher knowledge which was the key to that sanctuary.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by John Black
She was always attracted by its age and its stranded obsoleteness.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
But my obsoleteness rendered me only more suited to the service in which I was enlisted.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829 by Various
Therefore, in spite of its obsoleteness in matters of fact, his history remains readable, as a body of descriptive criticism, or a continuous literary essay.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
