English

Verb

deprecated

1. simple past tense and past participle of deprecate

Adjective

deprecated ‎(comparative more deprecated, superlative most deprecated)

1. Strongly disapproved of.
   • 1926, H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, page 679:

     But much more to be deprecated than all the particular departures from idiom already mentioned is the growing notion that every monosyllabic adjective, if an adverb is to be made of it, must have a -ly clapped on. to it to proclaim the fact.

2. Belittled; insulted
3. (computing) Obsolescent; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
   • 2002, Steven E. Callihan, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example

     Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.

   • 1999. Raggett, Dave, et. al. HTML 4.01 Specification, Conformance: requirements and recommendations. W3C

     A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Note that deprecated functions are not removed.

Related terms

• deprecation
• undeprecated

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