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out-of-date

out-of-date

34 4.4
No longer current or in use
  • adjective
  • /ˈaʊt əv deɪt/
: desactualizado
  • How does it feel to be so many years out of date?
  • out-of-date information
  • now out of date
  • hopelessly out of date

You know, Zach, those are really out of date questions.

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Examples

  • Similarly, challenges can arise if the school's technology is out of date and cannot make use of videos, apps, or GPS.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Consider implementing a rule limiting the duration that an application remains active and discarding out-of-date applications.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And I think in many cases, these ideas are completely out of date with, with where science is now.

  • Thus, my early works are out of date, though they served in their time.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The maps they gave us are out of date by years.

  • The wire's been out of date for 10 years.

  • The documents were old and out of date, like these Pentagon Papers.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The whole dodge is badly out of date.

  • We've got a little issue here because these were out of date yesterday.

  • The software they used in the office is more than five years out-of-date and needs to be replaced.

Synonyms

old-fashioned
vsout-of-date
149 4.7

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

includes that meaning but also covers nonfunctional or invalid things
obsolete
vsout-of-date
93 5.8

No longer used or made because something newer replaces it

adds that something can also be merely unfashionable rather than unused
outdated
vsout-of-date
78 5.0

No longer useful or fashionable because it is old

covers lack of validity, use, or fashion in general
archaic
vsout-of-date
34 9.9

Very old and not used in everyday life

is broader, also applying to ordinary unfashionable or invalid items
antiquated
vsout-of-date
32 8.2

Very old and not useful or suitable now

is a more general term that can be less extreme
out of fashion
vsout-of-date
12 3.4

Not popular or stylish now

also applies when something is unusable or invalid, not just unpopular
outmoded
vsout-of-date
11 6.5

No longer fashionable or useful

is a broader label for lack of use, validity, or fashion
passé
vsout-of-date
9 8.8

No longer fashionable compared with modern styles

can also refer to lack of validity or usefulness beyond style
antique
vsout-of-date
9 7.5

Old-fashioned and not modern

is the general label for lack of use, validity, or fashion
prehistoric
vsout-of-date
  • Informal
8 5.8

Very old-fashioned and not modern

covers less extreme cases of being no longer valid or fashionable
behind the times
vsout-of-date
7 4.8

Old-fashioned and not keeping up with new ideas

includes simple unfashionability as well as being unusable
old hat
vsout-of-date
  • Informal
4 7.1

Not interesting or fashionable because people have seen it before

focuses more generally on being out of use, value, or fashion
dated
vsout-of-date
3 6.2

Not modern and looking old-fashioned

is similar but also includes invalid or unusable cases
old-hat
vsout-of-date
  • Informal
1 6.8

No longer new or fashionable

is a wider term that also covers practical obsolescence
obsolescent
vsout-of-date
1 8.4

Gradually becoming out of date and not used much

describes a completed state of being invalid, unused, or unfashionable
superannuated
vsout-of-date
  • UK
1 9.9

Old and no longer useful because of age

is wider, also covering things that are merely unfashionable
stuck in the Stone Age
vsout-of-date
  • Informal
1 7.8

Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology

is a milder general term for being out of use or fashion
passe
vsout-of-date
8.4

No longer fashionable or modern

is broader, covering being invalid or obsolete as well
unmodernized
vsout-of-date
7.4

Not changed to use new methods or machines

covers that lack but also includes simple unfashionable cases
behind its time
vsout-of-date
7.6

Out of date and not keeping up with current ideas

is the broader term for being no longer valid, used, or fashionable
moss-grown
vsout-of-date
  • Offensive
9.9

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

is the neutral label for lack of use, validity, or fashion
outworn
vsout-of-date
7.1

Old and no longer useful or accepted today

is the general descriptor that also covers mere unfashionability

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Happening now at this time

85 2.6

Popular now because it follows the current style

How Current

up-to-date
93 3.1
current
∞ 1.0
out-of-date
34 4.4
dated
3 6.2
obsolete
93 5.8
antiquated
32 8.2

Surface Forms

out-of-date positive
out-of-dated positive

Morphology

out-of-date = date (transparent) = out + of + date

The meaning 'not current' follows directly from the phrase 'out of date' (out of + date), which learners who know the components can readily infer. [Postprocessing: moved 'out', 'of' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Out-of-date comes from out of ('no longer in') plus date ('a day or time on a calendar'). A helpful way to remember it is the date on a milk carton — if it is 'out of date' it is past that day, so it means 'no longer current, valid, or fashionable'.