Synonyms of obsolescence

obsolescence

noun

as in obsoleteness

the condition of no longer being used or useful; the condition of being obsolete

the obsolescence of the old technology

Once a useful tool, slide rules have fallen into obsolescence.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsoleteness
• antiquity
• antiquation
• age
• datedness
• ancientness
• agedness
• hoariness
• old-fashionedness
• fustiness
• agelessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modernity
• currency
• novelty
• freshness
• newness
• modernness
• recentness
• currentness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of obsolescence

In the context of rapid skills obsolescence, this focus ensures that employees remain relevant in the job market, reducing turnover and fostering loyalty. —Philippe Riveron, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

But in France at the moment, today’s ultimatum is tomorrow’s obsolescence. —Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024

Director Michael Arden leans hard on an impressively high-tech set, but what makes the show click is the way its whimsy is cut by shadings of melancholy, with its robots ever-aware of their impending obsolescence and yet still trying to be human. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024

And Akhtar thought about a play in which a consummate artist at the peak of his powers beholds a new technology and confronts his own obsolescence in the face of something so sublime. —Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024