Aging and Obsolete

Aging

Aging adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

Obsolete and aging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obsolete" instead an adjective "Aging".

Obsolete

Obsolete adjective - Having passed its time of use or usefulness.
Usage example: I was told my old printer is obsolete and I can't get replacement parts

Aging and obsolete are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aging" instead an adjective "Obsolete".

Both words in one sentence

  • And their ship is an aging, battered, about-to-be-decommissioned bucket which (due to being ancient and obsolete) is actually the perfect weapon against masters of electronic warfare.
  • Literature / Black Fleet Crisis Mighty Glacier: The K-Wing, a two-man heavy bomber introduced in this series and designed to replace the obsolete Y-Wing and aging B-Wing.
  • Useful Notes / North Koreans with Nodongs Their entire navy, barring the submarine forces, is essentially an obsolete brown-water flotilla, consisting of small, aging boats that cannot go out more than 50 nautical miles from the coast.
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