verb
- past tense and past participle of obsolesce; became obsolete or out of use
Usage: technical
Examples
- The old manufacturing process obsolesced when new technology was introduced.
- Many traditional skills have obsolesced in the digital age.
- The company’s outdated software obsolesced after the system upgrade.
- Typewriters obsolesced with the widespread adoption of computers.
- The practice obsolesced gradually over several decades.
- His expertise in that field obsolesced when the industry changed.