2018-10-02

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outlive

The one-child policy had outlived its usefulness.

outlive one's usefulness=no longer useful

例句

In startups the conventional/standard work schedule, i.e. from 9am to 5 pm, has long since outlived its usefulness.

If you say that something has lone since happened, you mean that it happened a longtime ago.

The original building has long since been demolished.

造句

For a multi-national enterprise, extensive management has lone since outlived its usefulness.