How to Use antiquated in a Sentence

antiquated

adjective

• He has some pretty antiquated opinions about politics.
• And far too many leads fall through the cracks and out of an antiquated funnel.
  — Dr. Debbie Qaqish, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• We are stuck in an antiquated system that can't match the two.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2023
• The trend is that the antiquated machines that have run elections since 2004 are on their way out.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2019
• This is an antiquated pay model that’s been frozen in time for more than 20 years.
  — Anonymous, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
• For Chinese traveling abroad, the rest of the world can seem slow and antiquated.
  — New York Times, 10 June 2018
• Survivor has been on for 20 years, and good for them for shedding some of the show’s more antiquated leanings.
  — Joseph Longo, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2021
• What was once standard, or even the height of home fashion, may now seem antiquated.
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
• The world is just now throwing out its antiquated notions about the sport being a boys club, along with its shoes.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2022
• Your home bathroom doesn’t have to feel dull, or antiquated, any longer.
  — Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2020
• It’s all the more important then that a new stadium is built in place of the much-loved, but antiquated, San Siro.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• There are people who never write letters and to whom the idea is quaint, even antiquated.
  — Francesca Stanfill, Town & Country, 22 June 2023
• But in the '70s Dorough's style of jazz had become antiquated.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2018
• Collingswood wants to finance a 20-year bond to replace an antiquated sports stadium, and put in a turf field and a six-lane track.
  — Melanie Burney, Philly.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Sure, the batting average makes him a bit of a risk in those antiquated leagues that still use the stat, but his OBP isn’t a drag in right-thinking leagues.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 20 June 2019
• Unlike that of the late-aughts hipster, their taste for the antiquated isn’t ironic; it’s less twee than timeless.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 5 Sep. 2019
• The antiquated notion of work-life balance doesn't work in 2021.
  — Harley Finkelstein For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 19 May 2021
• While the idea of a railroad strike may seem antiquated, the railroads themselves never went away.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022
• That building, which was antiquated, was closed about five years ago.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
• The willingness to ditch antiquated ways of problem solving is part of the path to success.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2020
• This is a big ask for our schools, many of which are saddled with antiquated tools that are ill-suited for choosing the future of medicine.
  — Kelly Dore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2021
• LeSarre and others said red tape and the city’s antiquated hiring process have hindered progress.
  — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2021
• The small gray box isn’t much to look at, compared to elegant, antiquated books spread out and labeled on tables in the next room.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
• Sadly, those antiquated notions no longer have a place in the landscape of big-time college sports.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• Take note of the antiquated-looking lifeguard tower among the dunes.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2018
• And don’t let its age fool you: while the hotel feels connected to its roots, there’s nothing stuffy or antiquated about it.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
• The killing has already spurred the state to repeal its antiquated citizen’s arrest law and pass a new hate crimes law.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
• That fall, two trains derailed in six days at a sequence of antiquated switches.
  — Danelle Morton, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2023
• There are a couple reasons why some states and death row inmates are turning to a method that might be seen as antiquated.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
• And, in what may be an antiquated concept to some people, there's a church office phone number if anyone still wants to call.
  — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025