Usually means: Designing products to expire prematurely.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. planned obsolescence: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. planned obsolescence: Merriam-Webster
  3. planned obsolescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. planned obsolescence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. planned obsolescence: Wiktionary
  6. planned obsolescence: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. planned obsolescence: Dictionary.com
  8. Planned Obsolescence (book), Planned obsolescence (business), Planned obsolescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. planned obsolescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Planned Obsolescence: Investopedia
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. planned obsolescence: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (planned obsolescence)

noun:  A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period.

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