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deprecated

/ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪt.ɪd/
verb
  1. To belittle or express disapproval of.

    "He deprecates any praise of his own merits."

  2. To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.

    "It is still supported but strongly deprecated."

  3. To pray against.

adjective
  1. Strongly disapproved of.

  2. Belittled; insulted.

  3. Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.

    "Foo() has been deprecated; it outputs a debug message and then calls Foo2()"

    Similar: obsolescent, on its way out

Synonymsobsolescent, on its way out

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