outdated
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˌaʊtˈdeɪtɪd/
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anticuado
- His ideas about education are outdated and don’t reflect current teaching methods.
- outdated technology
- outdated policies
- outdated practices
It's just like this weird outdated hierarchy of just like people.
- It's just like this weird outdated hierarchy of just like people.
- It's old, it's outdated, it's entry level at its best.
- No, I'm not, but also virginity is such an outdated social construct.
- It's not it was imperfect law and it has become outdated and it needs an update.
- You know, the word hippie is probably outdated and I, I'm sure I use it wrong a lot.
- I'll tell you if they are obsolete or if they are outdated or they're about to get outdated.
- Yeah, so after this video, this system will be outdated.
- To be perfect is too cliche, overdone, and outdated.
Examples
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It's time we move past these outdated beliefs.
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During these early teenage years, they typically saved broken toys, outdated school papers and pencil nubs.
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The fashion industry has some outdated technology that we still use.
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Pull up old laws that are outdated in some areas.
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Similarly, artists themselves often pass on outdated knowledge about their own art forms.
Academic text (1994) -
Instead of reading outdated material, students learn at the cutting edge of world developments.
Academic text (1994) -
We can't be running around with outdated equipment.
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Similarly, women and girls performing jazz music challenge outdated ideas that jazz is an exclusively male domain.
Academic text (2011) -
We dug into the ways sport holds the power to break outdated paradigms.
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Savers are losers, and saving to secure your financial future is really such an outdated way of thinking.
Synonyms
149
4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
93
5.8
No longer used or made because something newer replaces it
34
4.4
No longer current or in use
34
9.9
Very old and not used in everyday life
32
8.2
Very old and not useful or suitable now
30
7.0
No longer used or working, like a company that closed
20
3.1
An object too old or damaged from heavy use to be useful
12
3.4
Not popular or stylish now
11
6.5
No longer fashionable or useful
9
8.8
No longer fashionable compared with modern styles
8
5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
7
4.8
Old-fashioned and not keeping up with new ideas
3
6.2
Not modern and looking old-fashioned
1
6.8
No longer new or fashionable
1
8.4
Gradually becoming out of date and not used much
1
9.9
Old and no longer useful because of age
1
7.8
Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology
No longer in fashion and looking old
Having an older style that does not follow current fashion
Old and no longer useful or accepted today
Not changed to use new methods or machines
Out of date and not keeping up with current ideas
Old and out of date in ideas, opinions, or ways
Antonyms
How Outdated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outdated comes from the two parts out and date, literally meaning 'out of date' — like food that is 'past its date' and not fresh anymore. That's why outdated now means old-fashioned or no longer useful.