(a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.
(a.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.
(v. i.) To become obsolete; to go out of use.
Example Sentences:
(1) Individual tests and batteries of tests should be standardized, employ positive controls, generate results capable of quantitative analyses that may make dichotomous classification as "positive" and "negative" obsolete, be interpreted in light of mechanisms of action, and be cost-effective on a grand scale.
(2) This study suggests that pneumoencephalography may be obsolete and that the diagnosis of olivopontocerebellar degeneration may be established by abnormalities seen during computerized tomography (CT) and by abnormal responses to auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs).
(3) Genomic mapping is proceeding at such a rapid pace that any printed version of the anatomy of the human genome is immediately obsolete.
(4) Handheld computers may make bedside terminals obsolete.
(5) The ambulatory 24 hour pH test may have rendered the AP test obsolete in the assessment of GORD as the cause of NCCP.
(6) Rather than becoming obsolete by 2030, as its designers thought, the barrier will not need to be replaced until 2070, the agency said today.
(7) Will Netflix make traditional TV channels obsolete?
(8) Ratified in 1980, the document is widely seen as obsolete and part of what she hopes to change with her "democratic revolution" – a plan she says could be financed by higher corporation taxes and which works within the boundaries of a constitutional democracy.
(9) The advent of high-resolution contrast CT will probably make obsolete the use of contrast media.
(10) The time needed to review and publish an article or a book dictates that by the time it is published, any statements about current hardware will be obsolete.
(11) The term "fibrositis" for generalized tendomyopathia that can still be found in Anglo-American literature is obsolete.
(12) In all other patients the PAVS is a very valuable instrument in the surgical management of hydrocephalus because it makes shunt revisions for inadequate valve pressure obsolete in individual patients.
(13) The secondary nasal skin envelope asymmetries were studied after unilateral cleft lip repair using the original (obsolete) rotation-advancement (Millard I) and the triangular flap techniques (Bardach's modification).
(14) Gradually these young men and their would-be families become functionally obsolete in society.
(15) Finally, it is imperative that the obsolete Nigerian Children and Young Person's Law be updated.
(16) I do not accept that the great achievements of the left – unionisation, social security – are obsolete.
(17) Some daggers have already been drawn – François Rebsamen , said the revelations showed the entire idea of "première dame", was obsolete, adding that scrapping of the office of the first lady would be progress for democracy.
(18) Here we describe a new method of synthesizing an immunogenic peptide antigen, referred to as multiple antigenic peptide (MAP), which may render the need for a carrier protein obsolete.
(19) The TRH stimulation test is virtually obsolete for the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis but remains of much interest in the investigation of psychiatric syndromes.
(20) It should be kept in mind that recent changes in OC formulations and use patterns render epidemiologic data now available obsolete.
Rescind
Definition:
(v. t.) To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
(v. t.) Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.
Example Sentences:
(1) The wives and girlfriends who were originally invited to accompany their playing partners on the World Cup tour have had their invitations formally rescinded.
(2) The ruling cannot be appealed, in effect rescinding the mother's rights to see her son.
(3) The BMA, however, will still be free to join ongoing talks over reforms after the government rescinded a talks ban for any unions that had rejected the outline proposals.
(4) If Obama rescinded the system altogether, it would make it significantly harder for Trump to build a Muslim registry.
(5) Connolly told a local paper , “Our position, if the termination for parental rights is granted, is that [she] would not have standing to obtain the abortion.” He’s arguing that Doe’s parental rights should be rescinded because she is facing charges of chemical endangerment of a child.
(6) More than 1,300 church members in Osorno, along with 30 priests from the diocese and 51 of Chile’s 120 members of parliament, sent letters to Francis in February urging him to rescind the appointment.
(7) Meanwhile environmental groups have said Feldman's ruling may have to be rescinded because of the possible conflict of interests.
(8) Both the refusal of Labour to rescind arms exports licenses issued to Indonesia granted under the Conservatives, and figures showing the number of arms exports licences issued with respect to Indonesia , have bought the sincerity of Labour's policy into question.
(9) The supreme court, led by an increasingly assertive and popular chief justice, has long demanded the government write to Switzerland to rescind a 2008 notification that it was no longer a party to corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari that Swiss officials had investigated.
(10) Asked if Australia would rescind an invite to Russian president Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Brisbane scheduled for November, Abbott responded: “I don’t want to pre-empt what happens down the track.” Flight MH17 was flying over Ukrainian airspace, 1000 feet above a no-fly zone when it is believed to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
(11) The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, said: “There must be no sugarcoating the reality that a white nationalist has been named chief strategist for the Trump administration.” Departing US Senate minority leader Harry Reid on Tuesday called on the president to rescind Bannon’s appointment, which he said has only “deepened” the country’s divisions since the election.
(12) English rewrote Walsh's article, subbing it down to 2,200 words, and then persuaded his friend and colleague to rescind his resignation.
(13) Yet he defended the appointments that have now been rescinded, on the grounds that anyone working across government should properly be a civil servant.
(14) Will David Cameron have the courage to do what veteran Yorkshire Post columnist Bernard Dineen suggests today , namely to rescind my expulsion and give the Conservative party the alliance its history and policies deserve, with the mainstream EPP?
(15) That provoked uproar in the press room and was eventually rescinded.
(16) In Washington, Abadi insisted Iraqi fighters maintained the “upper hand psychologically” and that areas controlled by his government were increasing while those controlled by militants were rescinding.
(17) He rescinded Malawi's recognition of Taiwan and in 2007 established diplomatic links with Beijing.
(18) The fact they have rescinded this rule, which was introduced specifically to protect citizens from being screwed over, is insane,” she said.
(19) Yesterday, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) rescinded the invitations of several journalists to attend a public briefing regarding a multilateral trade agreement under negotiation called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
(20) Describing the award as “morally reprehensible” and calling for it to be rescinded, the petition has gathered more than 500 staff signatures.