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discontinued

discontinued

4.2
No longer made or offered
  • adjective
  • /ˌdɪs.kənˈtɪn.juːd/
translation icon : descontinuado
  • She was frustrated to learn that the brand of shoes she loved had been discontinued and was no longer available.

It's me asking Jimmy John's to bring a discontinued sandwich back.

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Examples

  • Also, random shout out, but the iPod was officially discontinued this week.

  • And I'm not sure the issue is, I'm not sure if since I got it at Big Lots, if it's actually discontinued at other stores.

  • Why is everything that I like always like discontinued or sold out or impossible to find?

  • They're just, this is like a story that they kind of send all their overstock to and some discontinued items and stuff like that.

  • So she's sure that nothing she buys will be discontinued and she can keep rebuying for decades.

  • So I'm gonna wear my favorite discontinued Bite lip pencil on my dry, sore, aching lips.

  • Slash has been discontinued and it was the Bleach London Continuity powder in the shade Bones Four.

  • Here's the Mary Kay Amber suede lip colour and a discontinued Revlon shade and called Get ready.

  • The popular television series was discontinued after its fifth season due to low ratings.

  • Many consumers were disappointed when the manufacturer announced that their favorite snack had been discontinued.

Synonyms

obsolete
vsdiscontinued
93 5.8

No longer used or made because something newer replaces it

is focused on stopping production or supply rather than being out of date
defunct
vsdiscontinued
30 7.0

No longer used or working, like a company that closed

is about stopping production or supply without implying nonexistence
disused
vsdiscontinued
1 4.5

Something that is empty or abandoned and no longer works

is about stopping production or supply rather than mere lack of use
oop
vsdiscontinued
9.5

No longer produced or sold, for example books

is used for any product stopped from production or supply
terminated
vsdiscontinued
4.4

Ended so it does not continue

is specific to stopping production supply or continuation rather than general ending

Antonyms

ongoing
401 3.5

Still happening and not finished

continued
1.3

Happening without stopping for a period of time

How Final

defunct
30 7.0
ended
1 1.0
discontinued
4.2

Surface Forms

discontinued positive

Morphology

discontinued = discontinue (transparent) = dis + continue + ed

The adjective is a regular participial form of the verb 'discontinue' meaning 'stopped'.

Etymology

The word discontinued comes from dis- meaning 'not' and continue meaning 'to go on'. So if something is discontinued, it is 'not going on' — it has been stopped and is no longer made or supplied.