1
: provided with a date
a dated document
2
: outmoded, old-fashioned
dated formalities
datedly
adverb
datedness
noun
Synonyms of dated
Examples of dated in a Sentence
The band's music sounds dated now.
The information was quite dated and no longer useful.
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The brilliance of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium across north London has only made Arsenal’s home look more dated.
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 May 2026
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—Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 May 2026
Baha Mar is large in stature, sure—and Rosewood is part of a three-hotel complex across the bay from Atlantis, which looms large and brooding over its own end of the water as everything Baha Mar does not want to be—dated, dark, and reminiscent of Spring Break Past.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Once considered the safest choice, gray-on-gray interiors are now reading as cold and dated.
—Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 10 May 2026
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Click here for dated and tickets.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 May 2026
Baha Mar is large in stature, sure—and Rosewood is part of a three-hotel complex across the bay from Atlantis, which looms large and brooding over its own end of the water as everything Baha Mar does not want to be—dated, dark, and reminiscent of Spring Break Past.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Once considered the safest choice, gray-on-gray interiors are now reading as cold and dated.
—Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 10 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for dated
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“Dated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dated. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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