planned obsolescence

English

Noun

planned obsolescence (uncountable)

1. A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period.

Synonyms

• built-in obsolescence
• programmed obsolescence

Translations

policy

• Catalan: obsolescència planificada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計劃報廢／计划报废 (jìhuà bàofèi), 计划报废 (jìhuà bàofèi)

• Czech: plánované zastarávání
• Danish: planlagt forældelse
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• Finnish: suunniteltu vanheneminen
• French: obsolescence programmée (fr) f
• German: Geplante Obsoleszenz f
• Portuguese: obsolescência planejada f, obsolescência programada f
• Spanish: obsolescencia programada f

See also

• planned obsolescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia