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Is there a word for 'rendered useless'?
I'm looking for something a la 'ineffectualise' or 'futilised'.
(please excuse the ugly neologisms)


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how about obsolesced?


depending on the context, superannuated might apply (or even outmoded/outdated).

then there's always 'inusitated', but that one might get you some funny looks.

or in a different sense you might use obviated.

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Well, "obviate" is one of my favorite words and it's kinda close. Are you talking about rendering an action useless or an object?


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> obsolesced
That's pretty good - but it does refer more 'the process of becoming obsolete' and obsolete does of course mean 'no longer in use', rather than 'useless' if memory serves.
Nevertheless very interesting, especially considering there's the transitive verb 'obsoleted' as well! Puh!


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How about "elected"? (At least it fits with our MP's)



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> Are you talking about rendering an action useless or an object?

I guess I should clarify; It refers to how man renders God effectual by casting him/her/the concept in stone, and then forgetting about one's supposed religion while one goes into bloody battle. It is in regard to a poem where God is wrought 'stone-deaf and stone-blind'.


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yeah, when i looked it up before posting i was a tad surprised to find that 'obsolete' is a word; i've always heard it as 'obsolesced'.

a related question that's always bothered me (could be a YART, i didn't LIU): whence "86'd"? i first came across the term when i was waitressing; the manager would scribble on a board that a particular dish had been 86'd when they ran out of it. i suppose that would've been right around 1987, so it made perfect sense... but i still hear it. why'd that year stick??


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I've just been looking at 'obviate' - it's quite suitable really. I even found a quote regarding religion:

Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. --Fuller.
(Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ©1998)

Nice one, Fallible F(r)iend


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