Obsolete
adjective
No longer used, out of date.
The machinery in the factory has become obsolete and needs replacement.
Often appears as...
- become obsolete
- render obsolete
verb
Make out of date or no longer in use.
The invention of the smartphone has obsoleted many older types of phones.
Often appears as...
- obsolete something
- technology obsoletes
adjective
No longer produced or used.
Many old farming tools have become obsolete with modern farming technology.
Often appears as...
- obsolete equipment
- obsolete technology
adjective
No longer relevant or useful.
This software is obsolete, it doesn't even run on current operating systems.
Often appears as...
- obsolete software
- obsolete system
adjective
Out of date in design or style.
Those bell-bottom pants are so obsolete. No one wears them anymore.
Often appears as...
- obsolete design
- obsolete style
adjective
No longer used, out of date.
The machinery in the factory has become obsolete and needs replacement.
Often appears as...
- become obsolete
- render obsolete
verb
Make out of date or no longer in use.
The invention of the smartphone has obsoleted many older types of phones.
Often appears as...
- obsolete something
- technology obsoletes
adjective
No longer produced or used.
Many old farming tools have become obsolete with modern farming technology.
Often appears as...
- obsolete equipment
- obsolete technology
adjective
No longer relevant or useful.
This software is obsolete, it doesn't even run on current operating systems.
Often appears as...
- obsolete software
- obsolete system
adjective
Out of date in design or style.
Those bell-bottom pants are so obsolete. No one wears them anymore.
Often appears as...
- obsolete design
- obsolete style
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Technological Evolution
Often used to describe tech advances where new inventions make older ones not needed.
VHS tapes became obsolete when DVDs were introduced.
Pro Tip 2/2No Repairs
Used when items can't be fixed due to a lack of parts or knowledge.
With no compatible spare parts, old cars become obsolete.
Pro Tip 1/2Technological Evolution
Often used to describe tech advances where new inventions make older ones not needed.
VHS tapes became obsolete when DVDs were introduced.
Pro Tip 2/2No Repairs
Used when items can't be fixed due to a lack of parts or knowledge.
With no compatible spare parts, old cars become obsolete.
Pro Tip 1/2Technological Evolution
Often used to describe tech advances where new inventions make older ones not needed.
VHS tapes became obsolete when DVDs were introduced.
Pro Tip 2/2No Repairs
Used when items can't be fixed due to a lack of parts or knowledge.
With no compatible spare parts, old cars become obsolete.
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Why good leaders make...
The modern day is exactly the same thing. The world is filled with danger, things that are trying to frustrate our lives or reduce our success, reduce our opportunity for success. It could be the ups and downs in the economy, the uncertainty of the stock market. It could be a new technology that renders your business model obsolete overnight.
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Spotting the World's...
like there are still people living today that would have worked here and relatives of those people. It's crazy to think and you'd think that when these places go into disrepair, disuse, no one uses them anymore they become kind of obsolete and unimportant. But this is now been turned literally a few weeks ago,
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What a digital...
Interfacing primarily with computer systems might create an impression that the human factor, elected politicians and participating in democratic processes is somehow less important. And there are also some people who feel threatened by pervasive technology that might make their skills obsolete.
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125th Anniversary...
sent in since it's in this theme of Technology wants to know if technology which is making exploring an exploration better and easier and giving us new insights but will technology make hands on exploring in real life obsolete or we all be able to do like Bob and sit in
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The next global...
But antibiotic resistance represents just as big of a threat. We are feeding massive doses of antibiotics to farm animals. These antibiotics are then mutating into superbugs that threaten to render antibiotics obsolete within all of our lifetimes. You want a scare?
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How we'll become cyborgs...
and has grown obsolete in light of dramatic advancements in actuators, control systems and neural interfacing technologies. A major deficiency is the lack of dynamic muscle interactions for control and proprioception. What is proprioception?
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Where do new words come...
brunch, or internet. And unlike borrowings from other languages, these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings.
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
but what part of the street. This level of accuracy has unleashed a firestorm of innovation. In fact, many of you navigated here today with the help of your TomTom or your smartphone. Paper maps are becoming obsolete.
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Sugata Mitra: Build a...
and what are we going to do next if we ever are going to do anything else with it? So that's a pretty strong comment there. I said schools as we know them now, they're obsolete. I'm not saying they're broken.
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Building smart cities PIPE...
that sense keeping our cities complex but incomplete is I think essential otherwise we will have a lot of dead obsolete cities thank you very much
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Why good leaders make...
The modern day is exactly the same thing. The world is filled with danger, things that are trying to frustrate our lives or reduce our success, reduce our opportunity for success. It could be the ups and downs in the economy, the uncertainty of the stock market. It could be a new technology that renders your business model obsolete overnight.
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
like there are still people living today that would have worked here and relatives of those people. It's crazy to think and you'd think that when these places go into disrepair, disuse, no one uses them anymore they become kind of obsolete and unimportant. But this is now been turned literally a few weeks ago,
Video examples
What a digital...
Interfacing primarily with computer systems might create an impression that the human factor, elected politicians and participating in democratic processes is somehow less important. And there are also some people who feel threatened by pervasive technology that might make their skills obsolete.
Video examples
125th Anniversary...
sent in since it's in this theme of Technology wants to know if technology which is making exploring an exploration better and easier and giving us new insights but will technology make hands on exploring in real life obsolete or we all be able to do like Bob and sit in
Video examples
The next global...
But antibiotic resistance represents just as big of a threat. We are feeding massive doses of antibiotics to farm animals. These antibiotics are then mutating into superbugs that threaten to render antibiotics obsolete within all of our lifetimes. You want a scare?
Video examples
How we'll become cyborgs...
and has grown obsolete in light of dramatic advancements in actuators, control systems and neural interfacing technologies. A major deficiency is the lack of dynamic muscle interactions for control and proprioception. What is proprioception?
Video examples
Where do new words come...
brunch, or internet. And unlike borrowings from other languages, these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings.
Video examples
Todd Humphreys: How to...
but what part of the street. This level of accuracy has unleashed a firestorm of innovation. In fact, many of you navigated here today with the help of your TomTom or your smartphone. Paper maps are becoming obsolete.
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Sugata Mitra: Build a...
and what are we going to do next if we ever are going to do anything else with it? So that's a pretty strong comment there. I said schools as we know them now, they're obsolete. I'm not saying they're broken.
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Building smart cities PIPE...
that sense keeping our cities complex but incomplete is I think essential otherwise we will have a lot of dead obsolete cities thank you very much
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James Gleick
American Author
A good part of 'The Information' is about the transition from an oral to a literary culture. Books effected such a great transformation in the way we think about the world, our history, our logic, mathematics, you name it. I think we would be greatly diminished as a people and as a culture if the book became obsolete.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Traditionally, life has been divided into two main parts: a period of learning followed by a period of working. Very soon, this traditional model will become utterly obsolete, and the only way for humans to stay in the game will be to keep learning throughout their lives and to reinvent themselves repeatedly.
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Adora Svitak
American Author
To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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Carol S. Dweck
American Educator
Business leaders who openly acknowledge people's concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers' growth can help create a nation of learners - and perhaps resolve some of the political chaos that's bubbling around us.
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Paul Polman
Dutch Businessman
My own fear, if I have one myself, is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast, and one of the main human desires is to belong to, to be part of, something. It's probably one of our greatest needs next to oxygen.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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Roger Penrose
English Physicist
If the computer-guided robots turn out to be our superiors in every respect, then will they not find that they can run the world better without the need of us at all? Humanity itself will then have become obsolete.
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Rich Sommer
American Actor
I'm pretty quick to delete something off of my phone if it's become obsolete. And things like RSS readers have made life easier - all of the headlines are going to be related to a topic I'm interested in.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
There is no way in the world that a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete - they use them for swimming pools, they use them for houses, they use them for industrial purposes. They're fantastic things.
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Robert Kiyosaki
American Author
My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.
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James Gleick
American Author
A good part of 'The Information' is about the transition from an oral to a literary culture. Books effected such a great transformation in the way we think about the world, our history, our logic, mathematics, you name it. I think we would be greatly diminished as a people and as a culture if the book became obsolete.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Traditionally, life has been divided into two main parts: a period of learning followed by a period of working. Very soon, this traditional model will become utterly obsolete, and the only way for humans to stay in the game will be to keep learning throughout their lives and to reinvent themselves repeatedly.
Quote examples
Adora Svitak
American Author
To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for the real world - a real world that is increasingly technology-driven - then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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Carol S. Dweck
American Educator
Business leaders who openly acknowledge people's concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers' growth can help create a nation of learners - and perhaps resolve some of the political chaos that's bubbling around us.
Quote examples
Paul Polman
Dutch Businessman
My own fear, if I have one myself, is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast, and one of the main human desires is to belong to, to be part of, something. It's probably one of our greatest needs next to oxygen.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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Roger Penrose
English Physicist
If the computer-guided robots turn out to be our superiors in every respect, then will they not find that they can run the world better without the need of us at all? Humanity itself will then have become obsolete.
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Rich Sommer
American Actor
I'm pretty quick to delete something off of my phone if it's become obsolete. And things like RSS readers have made life easier - all of the headlines are going to be related to a topic I'm interested in.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
There is no way in the world that a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete - they use them for swimming pools, they use them for houses, they use them for industrial purposes. They're fantastic things.
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Robert Kiyosaki
American Author
My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.
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