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outmoded

outmoded

11 6.5
No longer fashionable or useful
  • adjective
  • /aʊtˈmoʊdɪd/
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  • The present commonwealth arrangement is an outmoded remnant of the Cold War.
  • become outmoded
  • outmoded equipment
  • outmoded assumptions

Silent, buoyant, bizarrely benign relics of an outmoded design.

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Examples

  • The GE refrigerator was the outmoded kind with its compressor on top.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Many people consider printed newspapers to be an outmoded form of media in the digital age.

  • Perhaps my thinking is outmoded.

  • We need books that contain outmoded language and social standards.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Outmoded solutions to real security problems.

  • And I, I have this perhaps somewhat outmoded belief in genius.

  • Many enterprises in East Germany are so outmoded that their production is being sharply reduced or closed altogether.

    Academic text (1991)
  • I think you're operating with some rather quaint and outmoded ideas, Charlie.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • By this time, it had become congested, polluted, outmoded, and generally shabby.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Oh, I know how people think of me these days — old-fashioned, outmoded.

Synonyms

old-fashioned
vsoutmoded
149 4.7

Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time

emphasizes both being unfashionable and less useful now
obsolete
vsoutmoded
93 5.8

No longer used or made because something newer replaces it

is more about style decline and continued lack of use
outdated
vsoutmoded
78 5.0

No longer useful or fashionable because it is old

is the general idea of falling out of style or use
out-of-date
vsoutmoded
34 4.4

No longer current or in use

focuses more on losing fashionability and usefulness
antiquated
vsoutmoded
32 8.2

Very old and not useful or suitable now

shares oldness but is less extreme about being unusable
out of fashion
vsoutmoded
12 3.4

Not popular or stylish now

adds that it may also have lost practical usefulness
passé
vsoutmoded
9 8.8

No longer fashionable compared with modern styles

expresses the same loss of fashion and practical use
antique
vsoutmoded
9 7.5

Old-fashioned and not modern

leans more toward general unfitness for current fashion and use
unfashionable
vsoutmoded
8 3.7

Few people wear it now because it is not in style

also implies a loss of usefulness, not only trendiness
dated
vsoutmoded
3 6.2

Not modern and looking old-fashioned

covers that old appearance and also loss of usefulness
shopworn
vsoutmoded
1 7.9

Not interesting because people use it too often

focuses on age and loss of style rather than overuse
to stale
vsoutmoded
1 3.2

To become no longer fresh or interesting

stresses being unfashionable and no longer useful instead of mere loss of interest
old-hat
vsoutmoded
  • Informal
1 6.8

No longer new or fashionable

is similar but centers on both usefulness and style
superannuated
vsoutmoded
  • UK
1 9.9

Old and no longer useful because of age

covers being unfashionable too, not only retired by age
out
vsoutmoded
1 3.6

No longer fashionable or popular

is the narrower idea of losing fashion or usefulness specifically
behind its time
vsoutmoded
7.6

Out of date and not keeping up with current ideas

includes being unfashionable and no longer useful
demode
vsoutmoded
  • Archaic
9.9

No longer in fashion and looking old

adds that the thing is also no longer useful
outworn
vsoutmoded
7.1

Old and no longer useful or accepted today

also highlights loss of fashionability rather than only use
moss-grown
vsoutmoded
  • Offensive
9.9

Old and out of date in ideas, opinions, or ways

is the neutral idea of losing fashionability or usefulness
unmodern
vsoutmoded
6.6

Having an older style that does not follow current fashion

adds that it may also be no longer useful today
unmodernized
vsoutmoded
7.4

Not changed to use new methods or machines

is broader, covering general loss of fashionability and usefulness

Antonyms

1.0

Happening now at this time

85 2.6

Popular now because it follows the current style

How Outdated

archaic
34 9.9
obsolete
93 5.8
outmoded
11 6.5
dated
3 6.2
old-fashioned
149 4.7

Surface Forms

outmoded positive

Morphology

outmoded = outmode (transparent) = out + mode + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the regular past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed' to the verb 'outmode', and that verb is a straightforward combination of 'out' + 'mode'.

Etymology

The word outmoded is made from out and mode, where mode means 'fashion' or 'way', so something outmoded is 'out of fashion' and no longer useful or stylish.