: outmoded, obsolete
out-of-date ideas
out-of-date history book

Examples of out-of-date in a Sentence

his file contained out-of-date information that might have been accurate when he was first hired but is no longer so
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Hospitals and doctors will no longer be able to argue that regulators are using out-of-date data. Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 The United States is not the first country to transition away from small denomination coins or discontinue out-of-date coins. Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025 The warrior ethos of The Iliad is out-of-date in our age of human rights, as is the natural philosophy of Aristotle. Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025 An out-of-date photo The sheriff's office said the most recent photograph of Melodee is the one on the FBI's missing person poster, which was taken two years ago. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for out-of-date

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of out-of-date was in 1589

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“Out-of-date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-date. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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out-of-date

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