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out-of-date

out-of-date

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No longer current or in use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  • How does it feel to be so many years out of date?
  • out-of-date information
  • now out of date
  • hopelessly out of date

You know, Zach, those are really out of date questions.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  • Similarly, challenges can arise if the school's technology is out of date and cannot make use of videos, apps, or GPS.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  • Consider implementing a rule limiting the duration that an application remains active and discarding out-of-date applications.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  • And I think in many cases, these ideas are completely out of date with, with where science is now.

  • Thus, my early works are out of date, though they served in their time.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  • The maps they gave us are out of date by years.

  • The wire's been out of date for 10 years.

  • The documents were old and out of date, like these Pentagon Papers.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  • The whole dodge is badly out of date.

  • We've got a little issue here because these were out of date yesterday.

  • The software they used in the office is more than five years out-of-date and needs to be replaced.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outdated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