outmoded; outmoding

transitive verb

: to make unfashionable or obsolete

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But the quest to outmode these materials isn’t simply a question of animal rights. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2020 For the interruption of traditions that are old but never outmoded. Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2020 Instead, Sony went all in with one global deal, signaling that the joint deals Latin artists have made in the past may be outmoded for some artists. Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2019 Certain kinds of hierarchies seem to many of us unfair, irrational, or outmoded. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for outmode

Word History

Etymology

out (of) mode

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of outmode was in 1668

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“Outmode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outmode. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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