deprecated — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Strongly disapproved of.

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   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. Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.

   Synonyms

   on its way outobsolescent

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

   Note that deprecated functions are not removed yet.

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   A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.

   Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.