obsolescent
adjUK /ɒbsəˈlɛsənt/ · US /ɑbsəˈlɛsənt/
Etymology From Latin obsolēscēns.
1
In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
- How can I live among this gentle obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?a. 1944, Keith Douglas, “Aristocrats”, in Collected Poems, published 1977:
- Synonyms
- deprecated, on its way out
- Derived terms
- nonobsolescent
- Related terms
- obsolescence, obsolescently, -escent