How to Use outdated in a Sentence

outdated

adjective

• The Vietnam War was over, and the folk music of the 1960s was starting to seem outdated.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
• Laura isn’t a mean girl with prom-queen dreams; that’s the outdated model.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• The rest is up in the air and parts of it are outdated, meaning it was built in the first half of the last century and of a lower voltage.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
• If your rustic country kitchen feels outdated, add a fresh coat of paint.
  — Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
• A lot of the guidelines for what that analysis should look like are pretty outdated.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• There are loads of gadgets to upgrade your outdated ones or to gift those on your holiday list this year.
  — Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• So, yes, the British monarchy is strange and outdated and an endless gristmill for tabloid gossip.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
• Get rid of outdated barrettes and clips and accessories that don’t work or are broken.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 July 2023
• There was one outdated brick building and no restrooms.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• And its notions of hard work and believing in yourself as the sole keys to success read as a bit outdated to today’s savvy kids.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• What to Consider The racerback bra design is a bit outdated.
  — Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2023
• The dispute raises the question of whether Rule 53 is an outdated remnant of another time.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
• Nowadays, chefs like Eng aren’t afraid of talking about MSG and listing it on their menus, which is helping to change outdated mindsets.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 9 May 2023
• Yes, paychecks would come late and yes, the equipment was often outdated, Mr. Lilly said, but Mr. Justice would show up at the mines in person.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The space was a massive upgrade from an economy seat on a coach flight, and felt more like a slightly outdated business class suite on a high-end airline.
  — Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
• With static figures that didn’t move, Tarzan’s Treehouse was also starting to look and feel outdated.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• There is widespread agreement in the alcohol industry that the state’s alcohol laws, housed in Chapter 125 of the state’s statutes, are outdated and vague.
  — Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2023
• Notices to appear for court hearings were often sent to outdated addresses, or not at all, the report found.
  — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• Ethanol industry groups make the case that those studies are outdated and otherwise flawed.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• Zorich said her poll workers saw many voters with outdated addresses or names that didn’t match their photo ID.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• For You Experts say that eye strain can also be caused by wearing an outdated prescription.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• For the past few decades, some have argued the treasurer’s office is outdated and should be eliminated.
  — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
• Is that a joke about his home country, or a larger point about how rapidly today's advances become outdated?
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 May 2023
• And like a lot of conventional wisdom these days, that's looking outdated.
  — Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2023
• The change by Fitch Ratings announced today is arbitrary and based on outdated data.
  — Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2023
• Industry groups say outdated regulations and the lengthy process of obtaining rate increases approved in the state have also played a part in the pull back.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
• It was announced this week that the Athletics, at long last, had come to an agreement with a group of politicians to build a new stadium for the club, which has been stuck in an outdated facility for years.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• Even in the heyday of pastoral mythmaking, when Wood froze the farming couple in time as the essence of rural America, that image was badly outdated.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Speaking of sluggish progress and outdated technologies, astronauts aboard the ISS are still using spacesuits built more than four decades ago.
  — George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• But those maps have long been outdated and underestimate how many areas are prone to flooding.
  — Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024