Alan Greenspan

The only way you get economic progress, real standards of living moving higher, is to have the savings of the society continuously invested in the cutting-edge technologies. And those technologies which are obsolescent get dropped out.

American Economist

Guy Standing

Retraining for the precariat is stressful and demoralising; often, they learn new tricks only to find them obsolescent or unwanted.

English Actor

Sydney Brenner

The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.

British Scientist

Obsolescent is often used when discussing the natural aging of technology due to new inventions.

Tech Evolution

Obsolescent implies something is becoming obsolete, but it's still in use, unlike 'obsolete' which means it's no longer used.

Not Extinct

The term can describe ideas or practices that are going out of fashion due to changes in societal norms.