as in obsoleteness
the condition of no longer being used or useful; the condition of being obsolete
the obsolescence of the old technology Once a useful tool, slide rules have fallen into obsolescence.
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Recent Examples of obsolescence
Many jobs will be highly impacted – to the point of obsolescence – by AI, and others will demand learning new skills and high degrees of flexibility and adaptability.
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Kate Duchene, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Panama completed a vast construction project to expand the canal in 2014, overcoming the threat of obsolescence that had emerged as ships grew ever larger.
—Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Permanence, not obsolescence, must be our guiding principle.
—Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
For all of his carping about NATO’s free-riding obsolescence, Trump oversaw the alliance’s expansion, backing the addition of Montenegro during his first year in office.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
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Kate Duchene, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Panama completed a vast construction project to expand the canal in 2014, overcoming the threat of obsolescence that had emerged as ships grew ever larger.
—Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Permanence, not obsolescence, must be our guiding principle.
—Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
For all of his carping about NATO’s free-riding obsolescence, Trump oversaw the alliance’s expansion, backing the addition of Montenegro during his first year in office.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for obsolescence
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“Obsolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescence. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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