outlive its/your usefulness

to become no longer useful 已不再有用

The docks have outlived their usefulness.

这些码头已经没用了。

Examples from the Corpus

outlive its/your usefulness• By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness.• I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness.• In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness.• In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness.• It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.• Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.• And when they have outlived their usefulness, they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.• Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.

→ outlive its/your usefulness at outlive(1)

单词	outlive its/your usefulness
释义	outlive its/your usefulness outlive its/your usefulness to become no longer useful 已不再有用 The docks have outlived their usefulness. 这些码头已经没用了。 Examples from the Corpus outlive its/your usefulness• By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness.• I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness.• In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness.• In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness.• It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.• Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.• And when they have outlived their usefulness, they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.• Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful. → outlive its/your usefulness at outlive(1)
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