obsolescent

From Latin obsolēscēns.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒbsəˈlɛsənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑbsəˈlɛsənt/

Rhymes: -ɛsənt

obsolescent (comparative more obsolescent, superlative most obsolescent)

1. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
   • a. 1944, Keith Douglas, “Aristocrats”, in Collected Poems, published 1977:

     How can I live among this gentle
     obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?

• deprecated, on its way out; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

• obsolescence
• obsolescently

• -escent

obsolescent (feminine obsolescente, masculine plural obsolescents, feminine plural obsolescentes)

1. obsolescent

• “obsolescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

obsolēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obsolēscō