Learn English – Word for a person whose job was replaced by an advance in technology

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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

Outdated or obsolete through age or new developments: "Superannuated computing equipment", "a superannuated hippy"

Via Google Dictionary

Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments

Synonyms: old, old-fashioned, antiquated, out of date, outmoded, broken-down, obsolete, disused, defunct

I'd suggest your displaced as an alternative, or perhaps defunct.

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