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obsoleteness

/ob-suh-leet, ob-suh-leet/US // ˌɒb səˈlit, ˈɒb səˌlit //UK // (ˈɒbsəˌliːt, ˌɒbsəˈliːt) //

陈旧性,过时性,过时,陈旧感

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
    • : of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date: an obsolete battleship.
    • : no longer in use, especially, out of use for at least the past century.Compare archaic.
    • : effaced by wearing down or away.
    • : Biology. imperfectly developed or rudimentary in comparison with the corresponding character in other individuals, as of a different sex or of a related species.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ob·so·let·ed, ob·so·let·ing.

    • : to make obsolete by replacing with something newer or better; antiquate: Automation has obsoleted many factory workers.

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Examples

  • But my obsoleteness rendered me only more suited to the service in which I was enlisted.

  • We can really sometimes find little difference, except an obsoleteness of language, which gives them a kind of poignancy.

  • The general style of the Faery Queen is not exempt from several defects, besides those of obsoleteness and redundancy.

  • All these characteristics are so broadly printed upon his pages that the obsoleteness of the narrative does not hide them.

  • This oblivion of old emotions, this obsoleteness of old things, was by no means confined to England.