'Discontinued' definitions:
Definition of 'discontinued'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Stopped permanently or temporarily; "discontinued models"; "a discontinued magazine"; "a discontinued conversation" [ant: continued]
Definition of 'Discontinued'
From: GCIDE
- Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. [1913 Webster]
- Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discontinued'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abjured,
- antiquated,
- antique,
- archaic,
- broken,
- broken off,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- decousu,
- deserted,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- disjunctive,
- disused,
- done with,
- episodic,
- fitful,
- herky-jerky,
- incoherent,
- intermittent,
- interrupted,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- not worth saving,
- obsolescent,
- obsolete,
- old,
- old-fashioned,
- on the shelf,
- out,
- out of use,
- out-of-date,
- outdated,
- outmoded,
- outworn,
- parenthetic,
- past use,
- patchy,
- pensioned off,
- relinquished,
- renounced,
- resigned,
- retired,
- scrappy,
- snatchy,
- spasmodic,
- spotty,
- superannuate,
- superannuated,
- superseded,
- suspended,
- unconnected,
- unjoined,
- unsuccessive,
- worn-out