Definition of ANTIQUATED

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old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses an old sweater of mine ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past. ancient accounts of dragons venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age. the family's venerable patriarch antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time. collected antique Chippendale furniture antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time. antiquated teaching methods archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time. the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence. a computer that makes earlier models obsolete

Examples of antiquated in a Sentence

He has some pretty antiquated opinions about politics. saw an antiquated hand-cranked rope-making machine at the textiles museum

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Shopping 22 Slides Over the past few seasons, designers have offered up more and more reasons to ditch the antiquated notion that suits are only for those who work in corporate environments. — Glamour, "22 Very Convincing Reasons To Swap Out Your Sundress For A Suit," 21 Mar. 2019 Over 100 years later in Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia, one man inadvertently recreated the event in a way that is simultaneously more modern and more antiquated when his cellphone blocked an incoming arrow. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Phone Saves Man From Incoming Arrow," 15 Mar. 2019 Back in January of 2017, the United States Army revised its grooming and appearance regulations, lifting a ban on female soldiers wearing their hair in locs, which was a celebrated triumph in redefining antiquated beauty norms. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "In a Historic Move, New York City Bans Discrimination Based on Hair," 19 Feb. 2019 Carefully filing your documents and emails is an antiquated notion. — David Pierce, WSJ, "Microsoft Is Fixing Office, but Not Fast Enough," 17 June 2018 The antiquated stereotype of women needing to hide for their own protection is not permitted in America and certainly not in the workplace. — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, "Report: Fired New Orleans Saints cheerleader files discrimination complaint," 26 Mar. 2018 But in the '70s Dorough's style of jazz had become antiquated. — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, "Bob Dorough died. You should care.," 24 Apr. 2018 Additionally, ingrained in the concept of virginity lie deeply antiquated notions about gender and sexuality. — Caroline Reilly, Teen Vogue, "Brett Kavanaugh Could Have Been a Virgin and Still Sexually Assaulted Dr. Ford," 30 Sep. 2018 Infiltrating congress on her own terms, while redefining the antiquated ideas of what a politician is supposed to look, act, and dress like? — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Red Lipstick and Gold Hoops Were a Nod to Bronx Spirit—and Sonia Sotomayor—at Her Swearing In," 4 Jan. 2019

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