deprecated

English

Etymology

From 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

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

Verb

deprecated

simple past tense and past participle of deprecate

Adjective

deprecated (comparative more deprecated, superlative most deprecated)

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.
Belittled; insulted
(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  A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.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.

Derived terms

now-deprecated

Related terms

deprecation
undeprecated

Translations

strongly disapproved of

Catalan: desaprovat
Dutch: afgekeurd (nl)
Finnish: paheksuttu (fi)

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

Portuguese: menosprezado m

computing: obsolescent

Catalan: desaprovat
Dutch: afgekeurd (nl), verouderd (nl), gedeprecieerd (nl)
Finnish: vanhentunut (fi)
French: obsolète (fr)

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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} obsolète (fr), ^{(please verify)} désuet (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} veraltet (de), ^{(please verify)} obsolet (de)

Spanish: menospreciado, desaprobado, en desuso, anticuado, obsoleto