Obsolete also refers to something that is already disused or discarded, or antiquated. France's inefficient and antiquated financial system could not finance this debt. However the financial system in Austria remained antiquated and inadequate. It does not have to be old or antiquated. The judge's wig, however, is more than a mere relic of antiquated professional dress. His viewpoints are typically antiquated and contrary to political correctness to an extreme degree. Similarly, their PaK anti-tank guns were also antiquated and they were largely short of ammunition. Ironically, by that time the walls were already antiquated. The castle doctrine in its traditional absolute and extrajudicial form is antiquated in most states. Prostitution law is antiquated and dates from the colonial era. The Rhondda mines were comparatively antiquated in their methods of ventilation, coal-preparation and power supply. Taxes were abolished in 1974 as "remnants of an antiquated society". Yan went to great lengths to eradicate social traditions which he considered antiquated. These figures are now considered an exaggeration or a misinterpretation of antiquated sources. Pesticide use in agriculture and antiquated industrial sewage systems produce extensive soil and water pollution.