Antonyms for obsolete

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ob-suh-leet, ob-suh-leet

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒb səˈlit, ˈɒb səˌlit

Definition of obsolete

Origin : 1570s, from Latin obsoletus "grown old, worn out," past participle of obsolescere "fall into disuse," probably from ob "away" (see ob-) + an expanded form of solere "to be used to, be accustomed" (see insolent).

adj no longer in use, in vogue

Example sentences :

In this sense the word is obsolete; so is that kind of government.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

If we used 'em all the time they wouldn't get obsolete, would they?
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Wheelwrighting is fast becoming an obsolete art in the North.
Extract from : « The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 02, February, 1885 » by Various

Nothing can be obsolete that is of divine institution, your Eminence.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Fortunately, this type was not used extensively, and the battery is obsolete.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

But woman as a human incubator and brooder is an 170 obsolete machine.
Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

He pipeth, weary wretch and worn, A roundel shrill and obsolete.
Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier

Vaginata: sheathed: an obsolete ordinal term for Coleoptera.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

This form of the past participle of the verb to light is now obsolete.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

I realize that this is all irregular, out of fashion, obsolete.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Synonyms for obsolete

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