"Deprecate"
"Deprecate" means to officially retire a feature, tool, or piece of software so that it is no longer supported or maintained.
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How "Deprecate" shows up at work
Engineers use it to announce a feature's death with clinical distance. The word implies a thoughtful wind-down, which rarely matches the reality of something just quietly breaking one day.
Buzzword
We plan to deprecate the v1 API endpoint by end of quarter.
Plain English
We plan to retire the v1 API endpoint by end of quarter.
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