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obselete

obselete is the misspelling of obsolete.

Meaning of obsolete

Adjective

obsolete (comparative more obsolete, superlative most obsolete)

  1. (usually, equipment) No longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.
    • Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.
  2. Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
    • These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is more olive on the upper parts, the feathers having no dark...1891, Charles Dixon, The Birds of Our Rambles: With a Companion for the Country, page 130

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Questions about obselete

What is obselete the misspelling of?
Obselete is the misspelling of obsolete.

Words near obselete in the dictionary

  1. obsecrates
  2. obsecrating
  3. obsecration
  4. obsecrations
  5. obsecratory
  6. obselete
  7. obsequence
  8. obsequences
  9. obsequency
  10. obsequent
  11. obsequents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obselete (page history and authors); obsolete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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