Obsolescence

Tom blamed all his misery on planned obsolescence.

Mary's refrigerator from the 1970s still works; Tom's fridge from 2005 has already stopped working due to planned obsolescence.

Cell phones that break before their contract expires are examples of planned obsolescence.

Someday planned obsolescence will be illegal in every nation.

Apart from this feature the Trichoptera also differ from the typical Neuroptera in the relatively simple, mostly longitudinal neuration of the wings, the absence or obsolescence of the mandibles and the semi-haustellate nature of the rest of the mouth-parts.

One way is to legislate extended warranties on products, so washing machines and refrigerators last for 30 years instead of 10. Another is to ban planned obsolescence, so manufacturers can’t create products that are designed to fail.

Shared obsolescences can be of some significance when connected with a functional replacement. If two languages replace an earlier word for 'nose' with some other term and also lose the traditional term, this double agreement is of significance for judging the existence of a common historical period.