verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outlived...usefulness (= is no longer useful )
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As a commuter service, the ferry has outlived its usefulness .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
usefulness
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It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.
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Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.
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In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness .
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Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness , providing no current or future information.
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By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness .
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In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness .
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And when they have outlived their usefulness , they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.
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I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Retired people are beginning to worry that they will outlive their savings.
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Women usually outlive their husbands.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Damaris lived to a very great age and outlived not only her husband but all her five children.
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Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.
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Emely Sophia had outlived her father, William Charles, by almost seventy years.
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Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.
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He had outlived both James Dean and Montgomery Clift but his film career was floundering.
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How did it outlive George Meany?
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I have outlived both my sons.
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On average women outlive men by more than six and a half years.