deprecated

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precari (“to pray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪt.ɪd/, /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪt.ɪd/

Verb

deprecated

1. simple past 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     A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.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?)

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

   Note that deprecated functions are not removed.

Related terms

• deprecation
• undeprecated

Translations

strongly disapproved of

• Catalan: desaprovat
• Dutch: afgekeurd (nl)
• Finnish: paheksuttu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: abgelehnt (de), verurteilt (de), unzulässig (de), verboten (de), missbilligt (de)
• Portuguese: desaprovado m, desfavorecido m, obsoleto (pt) m, descontinuado m
• Turkish: kınanan, kınanmış (tr), reddedilen, reddedilmiş

belittled

• Catalan: rebaixat
• Finnish: vähätelty
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• Portuguese: menosprezado m

computing: obsolescent

• Catalan: desaprovat
• Dutch: afgekeurd (nl), verouderd (nl), gedeprecieerd (nl)
• Finnish: vanhentunut (fi)
• French: obsolète (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: veraltet (de), obsolet (de), überholt (de)
• Portuguese: deprecado (pt) m, obsoleto (pt) m, desfavorecido m, descontinuado m
• Spanish: descontinuado (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} veraltet (de), ^{(please verify)} obsolet (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: menospreciado, desaprobado, en desuso, anticuado, obsoleto