# obsolete

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C1 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** adjective
- **Pronunciation:** /ˈɒbsəliːt/
- **English:** no longer used because something newer exists
- **Persian:** منسوخ، از مد افتاده

## Example

> Floppy disks are now obsolete.
> فلاپی‌دیسک‌ها اکنون منسوخ شده‌اند.

## Word forms

- noun: obsolescence

## Synonyms

outdated, out of date

## Opposites

modern, current

## Common phrases

- become obsolete
- technically obsolete
- render obsolete

## Related words

- [deteriorate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/deteriorate): to become worse (C1)
- [diminish](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/diminish): to become smaller or less important (C1)
- [exacerbate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/exacerbate): to make a bad situation worse (C1)
- [fluctuate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/fluctuate): to change often, rising and falling (C1)
- [mitigate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/mitigate): to make something less harmful or serious (C1)
- [reinforce](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/reinforce): to make something stronger (C1)
- [stimulate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/stimulate): to make something develop or become more active (C1)
- [undermine](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/undermine): to make something gradually weaker or less effective (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/obsolete