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🏛️ To be older 📱 To make old-fashioned
to outdate

to outdate

4.5
To make something no longer useful or fashionable by replacing it with something newer
  • verb
  • /ˌaʊtˈdeɪt/
translation icon : quedar obsoleto
  • New technology can quickly outdate older models, making them less desirable.

Examples

  • Digital media has outdated traditional print advertising methods in many areas.

  • The fashion industry tends to outdate trends every season with new styles.

  • I'll tell you if they are obsolete or if they are outdated or they're about to get outdated or yes, tell me which one do you have?

Synonyms

to obsolete
vsto outdate
1 6.0

Make something no longer useful because something newer replaces it

is broader and covers loss of relevance or fashionability without replacement
to antiquate
vsto outdate
9.5

To make something old and no longer useful

focuses on being replaced by newer items rather than style change
to superannuate
vsto outdate
  • UK
9.9

To make something no longer useful when something newer replaces it

emphasizes replacement by newer things rather than unsuitability
to outmode
vsto outdate
  • Archaic
8.1

To make something old-fashioned or no longer useful

stresses loss of usefulness or relevance as well as fashion

Antonyms

to update
451 2.8

Make something more modern by adding new information or changes

to modernize
51 4.0

To make something more up to date using new tools or ideas

How Current

to modernize
51 4.0
to update
451 2.8
to outdate
4.5

Surface Forms

outdate infinitive
outdated past
outdated past participle
outdating present participle
outdates third person singular

Morphology

outdate = date (transparent) = out + date

Regular productive prefixation: 'out-' added to 'date' yields the causative sense 'make something become out-of-date/obsolete'.

Etymology

Outdate also uses out- meaning 'beyond' and date meaning a 'time' or a 'use-by' day, so you can think of something going 'beyond its date' like food past its 'use' date. So to outdate a phone or a style is to make it old and no longer current or fashionable.