Tom blamed all his misery on planned obsolescence.
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Obsolescence
//ˌɒb.səˈlɛs.əns//
Synonyms for "obsolescence" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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20 translations across 14 languages.
Basque
1 entries- zaharkitzapen noun (state)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отпадане от употреба noun (process)
Catalan
1 entries- obsolescència noun (state)
Danish
1 entries- forældelse noun (state)
Finnish
3 entries- vanheneminen noun (process)
- vanhentuminen noun (process)
- vanhentuneisuus noun (state)
French
2 entries- désuétude noun (state)
- obsolescence noun (state)
German
2 entries- Obsoleszenz noun (state)
- Veraltetsein noun (state)
Hungarian
2 entries- elavultság noun (state)
- elavulás noun (process)
Indonesian
1 entries- keusangan noun (state)
Italian
1 entries- obsolescenza noun (state)
Polish
2 entries- starzenie się noun (state)
- starzenie się noun (process)
Portuguese
1 entries- obsolescência noun (state)
Spanish
1 entries- obsolescencia noun (state)
Swedish
1 entries- föraldring noun (state)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Mary's refrigerator from the 1970s still works; Tom's fridge from 2005 has already stopped working due to planned obsolescence.
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Cell phones that break before their contract expires are examples of planned obsolescence.
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Someday planned obsolescence will be illegal in every nation.
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