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obsolescent

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore O words

becoming obsolete, gradually passing out of use

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Obsolescent in a sentence

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By the late 1990s, the fax machine was already obsolescent.

Synonyms
outmodedfadingdeclining
Antonyms
currentemergingmodern
Common questions

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Obsolescent (adjective) means becoming obsolete, gradually passing out of use
Here is obsolescent used in an example sentence: "By the late 1990s, the fax machine was already obsolescent."
Common synonyms for obsolescent include outmoded, fading, declining.
Antonyms of obsolescent include current, emerging, modern.
Obsolescent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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