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OBSOLETENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obsoleteness mean?
• OBSOLETENESS (noun)
The noun OBSOLETENESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being out of date and not current
Familiarity information: OBSOLETENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being out of date and not current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
obsoleteness; superannuation
Hypernyms ("obsoleteness" is a kind of...):
oldness (the quality of being old; the opposite of newness)
Derivation:
obsolete (no longer in use)
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