Definition of OBSOLESCENCE (original) (raw)

: the process of becoming obsolete or the condition of being nearly obsolete

the gradual obsolescence of machinery

the planned obsolescence of automobiles

Examples of obsolescence in a Sentence

the obsolescence of the old technology Once a useful tool, slide rules have fallen into obsolescence.

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Maybe Happy Ending—which first opened in Seoul in 2016 and has been charming New York audiences since November—was the result: a show about solitary robots facing obsolescence that, paradoxically, has the most heart of anything on Broadway. —Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025 Many jobs will be highly impacted – to the point of obsolescence – by AI, and others will demand learning new skills and high degrees of flexibility and adaptability. —Kate Duchene, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Panama completed a vast construction project to expand the canal in 2014, overcoming the threat of obsolescence that had emerged as ships grew ever larger. —Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025 Permanence, not obsolescence, must be our guiding principle. —Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for obsolescence