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
  • 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
  • However, the whole idea of learning needs seems antiquated.
    David James, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • The airport, situated outside the city, was antiquated, but their hotel, the Excelsior, was all Art Deco glamour and gleaming chandeliers.
    Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025

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