Timeline for What word means "to make something obsolete"? [closed]
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| Nov 17, 2019 at 21:54 | comment | added | gxtaillon | For software engineers reading this question, to void may be a good choice. As in to void a record, rendering it invalid. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 2:55 | vote | accept | kmiklas | ||
| May 15, 2019 at 2:53 | vote | accept | kmiklas | ||
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| May 2, 2019 at 0:17 | history | closed |
Jason Bassford JJJ Ellie K Michael Rybkin Canis Lupus |
Opinion-based | |
| May 1, 2019 at 15:39 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | "Video Superseded the Radio Star" doesn't really have the same ring to it. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 5:51 | history | unprotected | Mari-Lou A | ||
| Apr 30, 2019 at 22:00 | comment | added | user221615 | As mentioned in HLuc's answer, the standard phrase with "obsolete" is "to render something obsolete". | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 21:28 | answer | added | HLuc | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 19:24 | answer | added | Canis Lupus | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 19:13 | comment | added | Canis Lupus | It seems you made an easily overlooked edit to make the point that you want an edgy word. Could you change your title to something like Edgy word that means “to make something obsolete”? Otherwise, I see why you would be waiting awhile to pick the best answer. As of now, none of them are "edgy". | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 17:29 | answer | added | Canis Lupus | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 14:32 | comment | added | Fattie | @kmiklas , it's just "made obsolete". It is utterly commonplace in English that there is NOT especially a particular form (verb, adverb, adjective etc) of a given word. In that case you just use a word phrase, here "made obsolete". It is completely commonplace in English that the answer to the type of question you have asked is just "there's no such form, you just say blah-blah phrase." | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 14:02 | comment | added | kmiklas | QFT: *this is your second question on EL&U. The first one was posted in 2017 and no answer was accepted :) * <— here you attack my posting history. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 12:51 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | I'm not aware of attacking you. I am only suggesting why this question might be placed on hold, you can take my advice or leave it. Moreover, this is a Q&A site not a forum so discussions are discouraged outside of meta. But I am not attacking you, I don't know where you got this idea from. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 12:48 | comment | added | kmiklas | @Mari-lou I have thousands of points on SO, and even if I didn’t, why resort to an ad hominem attack? Just because a question receives various answers does not make it opinion-based/broad. The best questions also generate discussion. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 12:08 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Well "always" probably doesn't refer to this site because this is your second question on EL&U. The first one was posted in 2017 and no answer was accepted :) You may not be aware but four users (with privileges) consider your question to be off-topic, the question may or may not be closed but if it were watertight that risk would not have occurred. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 11:47 | comment | added | kmiklas | @Mari-LouA I always wait a week before accepting an answer, to allow time for responses. Also, respectfully disagree on your point: this is a focused question, fact-based, and carefully aligned with site guidelines. | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 6:38 | history | protected | Mari-Lou A | ||
| Apr 30, 2019 at 6:38 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Twenty answers posted so fat and not one accepted by the OP suggest that this question is either opinion based or too broad. It also hints that the OP is not overwhelmingly convinced by any of the solutions supplied, they ought to explain why in their question (IMO). | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 3:29 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 12 | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 21:50 | answer | added | Acccumulation | timeline score: -2 | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 17:10 | answer | added | DawnPaladin | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 15:51 | comment | added | Lonely | The automobile made horse and buggy redundant. | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 13:48 | answer | added | Luchar | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 13:08 | answer | added | Zikato | timeline score: 15 | |
| S Apr 29, 2019 at 12:34 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2019 at 12:05 | comment | added | Ister | I would change the word order from "The automobile made obsolete the horse and buggy." to "The automobile made the horse and buggy obsolete." | |
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| Apr 29, 2019 at 9:10 | answer | added | The BFG | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 8:24 | history | edited | Chappo Hasn't Forgotten | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2019 at 5:51 | answer | added | JK2 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 5:30 | comment | added | user161546 | 'Obviate' typically applies when the object of the verb is actually the need for a given thing, but previous suggestions likely apply better based on your example. | |
| Apr 29, 2019 at 1:02 | answer | added | Mark Focas | timeline score: 44 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 22:46 | answer | added | User | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 21:27 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I would say "obsoleticify", but you probably won't find that in any dictionary. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 20:53 | answer | added | yoozer8 | timeline score: 50 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 19:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 28, 2019 at 19:41 | answer | added | Jason Bassford | timeline score: 26 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 18:16 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 28, 2019 at 18:08 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 17:05 | answer | added | lbf | timeline score: 57 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 17:03 | answer | added | TaliesinMerlin | timeline score: 15 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 16:56 | history | edited | kmiklas | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2019 at 16:46 | answer | added | Peter Shor | timeline score: 81 | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 16:43 | comment | added | kmiklas | "The automobile obsolesced the horse and buggy?" Maybe eclipsed? | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 16:41 | comment | added | Peter Shor | You could just use replaced. Or superseded. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 16:40 | comment | added | RaceYouAnytime | It looks like obsolesce can be either a transitive or intransitive verb, but seeing it in actual usage is rare. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsolesce | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 16:36 | history | asked | kmiklas | CC BY-SA 4.0 |