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to outmode

to outmode

8.1
To make something old-fashioned or no longer useful
  • verb
  • /ˌaʊtˈmoʊd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : desfasar
  • The new regulations may soon outmode traditional payment methods.

In short, a super intelligent system might outmode consciousness because it's slow and inefficient.

Examples

  • Digital streaming has outmoded the need for CDs and cassettes.

  • Once essential, these skills were outmoded by technological advances.

  • Trends can quickly outmode previous styles.

  • The new technology will outmode older devices.

  • Fashion trends frequently change, and what was once stylish can quickly outmode in favor of new designs.

  • The rise of digital media has outmoded traditional forms of advertising, making them less relevant.

  • As technology advances, many gadgets become outmoded and are replaced by more innovative solutions.

Synonyms

to fossilize
vsto outmode
  • Formal
1 6.8

Become fixed and unable to change, often about ideas or systems

is about making objects or trends unfashionable rather than fixed attitudes
to obsolete
vsto outmode
1 6.0

Make something no longer useful because something newer replaces it

stresses causing unfashionability and general obsolescence
to outdate
vsto outmode
4.5

To make something no longer useful or fashionable by replacing it with something newer

focuses on making things unfashionable as well as outdated
to antiquate
vsto outmode
9.5

To make something old and no longer useful

emphasizes creating unfashionability rather than only being old
to superannuate
vsto outmode
  • UK
9.9

To make something no longer useful when something newer replaces it

focuses on making things unfashionable or obsolete through unsuitability

Antonyms

to modernize
51 4.0

To make something more up to date using new tools or ideas

How Outdated

to outmode
  • Archaic
8.1
to obsolete
1 6.0

Surface Forms

outmode infinitive
outmoded past
outmoded past participle
outmoding present participle
outmodes third person singular

Morphology

outmode = mode (transparent) = out + mode

The meaning is a straightforward productive formation: 'out-' (to put out of) + 'mode' (fashion), so learners who know the components can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Outmode comes from the parts out and mode, where mode means 'fashion' or 'way' and out means 'no longer in'. So to outmode something is to make it 'out of fashion', to make it old or no longer used.