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dis-used
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer in use, in vogue |
| Synonyms: | anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone, dinosaur, discarded, disused, done for, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, kaput, moldy, moth-eaten, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, old-school, out*, out-of-date, out-of-fashion, outmoded, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable |
| Notes: | things that are no longer used or needed are obsolete; things that are becoming obsolete are obsolescent |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new, present, up-to-date |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passé |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, belated, dated, dead, disused, démodé, extinct, has-been, obsolete, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, superseded, unfashionable, yesterday |
| Antonyms: | current, fashionable, in, in vogue, modern, new |
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