v. Simple past tense and past participle of deprecate.
adj. Strongly disapproved of.
adj. Belittled; insulted
adj. Obsolescent; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
Word Usage
"If the function is deprecated, should not be used any longer, then the @deprecated tag along with the version and description of what to use instead should be given."