2. (Biol.) Indistinctness; want of development. [1913 Webster]
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obsoleteness — index desuetude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
obsoleteness — noun see obsolete I … New Collegiate Dictionary
obsoleteness — See obsoletely. * * * … Universalium
obsoleteness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being obsolete: desuetude, disuse, obsoletism. See NEW, USED … English dictionary for students
obsoleteness — n. state of being obsolete; condition of being out of date; uselessness; disuse É‘bsÉ™ lɪËtnɪs / É’bsÉ™lɪËtnɪs … English contemporary dictionary
obsoleteness — ob·so·lete·ness … English syllables
obsoleteness — noun the property of being out of date and not current • Syn: ↑superannuation • Derivationally related forms: ↑superannuate (for: ↑superannuation), ↑obsolete • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
disuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of use Nouns 1. disuse, forbearance, abstinence; obsoleteness, [planned] obsolescence; relinquishment; cessation, discontinuance; abandonment; castaway, throwaway, reject. Informal, cold storage.… … English dictionary for students
Archaism — Ar cha*ism, n. [Gr. archai:smo s, fr. archai^os ancient, fr. archh beginning: cf. F. archa[ i]sme. See {Arch}, a.] 1. An ancient, antiquated, or old fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obsolete — I. adjective Etymology: Latin obsoletus, from past participle of obsolescere to grow old, become disused, perhaps from ob toward + solēre to be accustomed Date: 1579 1. a. no longer in use or no longer useful < an obsolete word > b. of a kind or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
