How to Use outdated in a Sentence

outdated

adjective

• The Vietnam War was over, and the folk music of the 1960s was starting to seem outdated.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
• The system, once state-of-the-art, has since become outdated.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
• Laura isn’t a mean girl with prom-queen dreams; that’s the outdated model.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• And these aren't just some boring or outdated properties — these are the worst of the worst from coast to coast.
  — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2021
• The weekend night rule is an outdated part of the city ordinance on lights put in place in 1988.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2021
• The rest is up in the air and parts of it are outdated, meaning it was built in the first half of the last century and of a lower voltage.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
• But in this new version of the NBA, that thinking could be a little outdated.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
• The old-school way of learning about God and being a Christian is so outdated.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
• The only downside was the kitchen, which was slightly outdated and small.
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 6 May 2021
• The idea of a mainstream press, or a mainstream anything, is an outdated one.
  — John McDermott, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2025
• Uncle Brownie, like his old, dry, outdated ditch weed, seems to be stuck in a rut.
  — Kali Simmons, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
• Our textbooks were more than 10 years old and outdated.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
• The rankings list, which features 100 MBA programs around the world, found that the degree is far from outdated.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
• Dispose of outdated computers, cell phones and any item with a cord or that takes a cord.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
• Dispose of outdated computers, cell phones and any item with a cord or that takes a cord.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2024
• Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for the mayor, slammed the audit as outdated and wrong.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
• If your rustic country kitchen feels outdated, add a fresh coat of paint.
  — Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
• And that, to put it mildly, is not just an outdated but also wrong account of what our Founders gave us.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 May 2022
• Eight of Cups: Virgo, in April you will be tasked with walking away from an outdated way of being.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2022
• This was his team with his outdated offense and his coaches.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
• A lot of the guidelines for what that analysis should look like are pretty outdated.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• Also, maybe the Taste of Brooklyn is a little bit outdated.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 1 June 2022
• Sometimes the concept becomes outdated, and other times the characters haven’t evolved at the same pace as the world around them.
  — Sumiko Wilson, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• The state’s outdated computer systems aren’t helping with the efforts to slow the fraud.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2021
• Since most cards are capable of much, much faster speeds, this symbol is a bit outdated.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2022
• There are loads of gadgets to upgrade your outdated ones or to gift those on your holiday list this year.
  — Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• At the time, many allies waved his concerns away as outdated Cold War thinking.
  — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
• So, yes, the British monarchy is strange and outdated and an endless gristmill for tabloid gossip.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
• While a classic, riding boots are somewhat outdated and don’t always match well with current trends.
  — Rylee Johnston, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• The state’s budget leaders backed the plan, pointing to long-term efficiency gains by staffing and maintaining one modern complex instead of two outdated ones.
  — Casey Smith, IndyStar, 22 Aug. 2025