As the title so subtly suggests, I am looking for a word describing someone whose job was replaced or eliminated by advances in technology.
For example:
Blue-Collar Bill, a
[noun]
, is searching for a new job now.
Maybe a verb/participle implying this would work too:
Blue-Collar Bill was
[participle]
; he was replaced by a sowing machine.
Or maybe,
My
[adjective]
friend, Blue-Collar Bill, is going to technical school so that he will not feel obsolete anymore.
Another way to put it is that I am looking for a more concise way to say "made obsolete/displaced/replaced by an advance in technology".
I can add more examples if desired.
Best Answer
It's difficult to come up with something more appropriate than obsolete or displaced without using a phrase. The word superannuated means exactly what you'd like, but it's not commonly used.
Superannuated Via Oxford
Via Google Dictionary
I'd suggest your displaced as an alternative, or perhaps defunct.