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obsolete
Biology (of parts, organs, etc.) vestigial; rudimentary

obsolete [‚äb·sə′lēt]
(biology)
A part of an organism that is imperfect or indistinct, compared with a corresponding part of similar organisms.
(engineering)
No longer satisfactory for the purpose for which obtained, due to improvements or revised requirements.


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For example, an ODM of a critical subassembly obsoleted the part and told the affected OEM it would be necessary to make a 10,000 piece lifetime buy of the remaining inventory in order to continue to have a supply of spare parts.
The last thing we want is for somebody else to obsolete us; if we're gonna get obsoleted, we better do it to ourselves.
The revival of multi-channel audio with Dolby Pro Logic shook things up twenty years thereafter; but what you bought one year was readily obsoleted by next with such advances as Dolby Digital, SACD, and DVD-A.
 
 
 
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