discontinued

discontinued — adjective

1. describes a product, service, or item that a company has stopped making, selling

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describes a product, service, or item that a company has stopped making, selling, or providing, often because it was not selling well or was replaced by something newer.

例句

The store still has a few discontinued laptop models on the clearance shelf.

collocation: discontinued + [product/model/item]

Many customers complained when the company stopped offering the discontinued phone service.

attributive use before noun

同義詞
  • obsolete

    stronger focus on being outdated or no longer useful, not just stopped

  • phased out

    emphasises a gradual removal rather than an abrupt stop

  • out of production

    less formal, specifically about manufacturing

  • discontinued line

    used when referring to a whole series or range of products

反義詞
  • current

    still being produced or offered at the present time

  • available

    still obtainable from the company or store

文法句型

discontinued + noun

be discontinued

用法筆記

Often appears before nouns related to retail and manufacturing such as product, model, line, service, or item. Can also be used predicatively after linking verbs like be, become, or remain.

常見錯誤

❌This bread is discontinued because it expired.
✅This bread is out of date because it expired.
💡'Discontinued' refers to a company's decision to stop production, not to food going bad.
❌The discontinued the old website.
✅The company discontinued the old website.
💡As an adjective, 'discontinued' modifies a noun; it cannot replace the past-tense verb form.