obsolescent

Etymology

From Latin obsolēscēns.

adj

  1. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
    How can I live among this gentle obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep? a. 1944, Keith Douglas, “Aristocrats”, in Collected Poems, published 1977

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