out-of-date
- adjective
- /ˈaʊt əv deɪt/
- How does it feel to be so many years out of date?
- out-of-date information
- now out of date
- hopelessly out of date
You know, Zach, those are really out of date questions.
- You know, Zach, those are really out of date questions.
- So the data is now a few days out of date.
- So that argument is at best out of date.
- He goes, bro, you sold me dates that are out of date.
- Some things get out of date, but but you change in keeping with your principles, right?
- I honestly thought the novel was in danger of being passe or out of date before I published it.
- It's impossible to know who takes the notes down when they become, you know, out of date, annoying, or for some other reason.
Examples
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Similarly, challenges can arise if the school's technology is out of date and cannot make use of videos, apps, or GPS.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Consider implementing a rule limiting the duration that an application remains active and discarding out-of-date applications.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And I think in many cases, these ideas are completely out of date with, with where science is now.
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Thus, my early works are out of date, though they served in their time.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The maps they gave us are out of date by years.
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The wire's been out of date for 10 years.
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The documents were old and out of date, like these Pentagon Papers.
Fiction book (1995) -
The whole dodge is badly out of date.
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We've got a little issue here because these were out of date yesterday.
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The software they used in the office is more than five years out-of-date and needs to be replaced.
Synonyms
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
No longer used or made because something newer replaces it
No longer useful or fashionable because it is old
Very old and not used in everyday life
Very old and not useful or suitable now
Not popular or stylish now
No longer fashionable or useful
No longer fashionable compared with modern styles
Old-fashioned and not modern
Very old-fashioned and not modern
Old-fashioned and not keeping up with new ideas
Not interesting or fashionable because people have seen it before
Not modern and looking old-fashioned
No longer new or fashionable
Gradually becoming out of date and not used much
Old and no longer useful because of age
Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology
No longer fashionable or modern
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
Old and no longer useful or accepted today
Antonyms
How Current
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.