1. strongly disapproved of or criticized
Usage: formal
2. no longer recommended for use and likely to be removed in future versions
Usage: computing; technical

Examples

• The use of such harsh punishment methods is now deprecated by most educators.
• Violence as a means of solving conflicts is widely deprecated in modern society.
• The deprecated function still works but developers should use the newer alternative.
• This deprecated API will be removed in the next software update.
• The company’s deprecated policies were finally changed after public criticism.
• Programmers received warnings about using deprecated code libraries.