deprecated
adjUK /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/ · CA, US /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
Etymology From Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
1
Strongly disapproved of.
- But much more to be deprecated than all the particular departures from idiom already mentioned is the growing notion that every monosyllabic adjective, if an adverb is to be made of it, must have a -ly clapped on to it to proclaim the fact.1926, H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, page 679:
2
Belittled; insulted.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
- Foo() has been deprecated; it outputs a debug message and then calls Foo2()
- Note that deprecated functions are not removed yet.
2 more examples
- A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.1999, Dave Raggett, et. al., “Conformance: requirements and recommendations”, in HTML 4.01 Specification, W3C:
- Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.2002, Steven E. Callihan, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example:
- Synonyms
- legacy, obsolescent, obsolete, on its way out, condemned, disfavored, frown on
- Antonyms
- current, praised
- Derived terms
- nondeprecated
- Related terms
- deprecation, undeprecated