as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
an outdated rotary telephone
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Recent Examples of outdated
Judi Health delivers the technological infrastructure for healthcare, focusing on software engineering and improving outdated platforms.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2025
But at a time when American moms are reaching their breaking point—and right-wing values are infiltrating the mainstream—is the choice to lean out of the workforce a radical new form of feminism or a regressive return to an outdated social system?
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
The nighttime arrivals mark the official opening of the first phase of the new Terminal 1, which replaces the 1960s-era existing facility that has grown cramped and outdated.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
But as far as the other three in this equation—Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia—are concerned, the mightier three powers are also former imperial hegemons with outdated historical claims.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2025
But at a time when American moms are reaching their breaking point—and right-wing values are infiltrating the mainstream—is the choice to lean out of the workforce a radical new form of feminism or a regressive return to an outdated social system?
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
The nighttime arrivals mark the official opening of the first phase of the new Terminal 1, which replaces the 1960s-era existing facility that has grown cramped and outdated.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
But as far as the other three in this equation—Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia—are concerned, the mightier three powers are also former imperial hegemons with outdated historical claims.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdated
Adjective
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The Navy said Dry Dock 3 lacks the size and floor strength to support Virginia-class submarines and will become functionally obsolete as older Los Angeles-class attack submarines retire.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Bears currently play at the obsolete Soldier Field, which was last renovated more than 20 years ago.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, the timeline for Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis — archaic humans who disappeared from Europe and Central Asia around 40,000 years ago and are known to have lived alongside the Denisovans — has also been shifted.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.—
Book Marks
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the solid axles also pair with the steering to produce the most antiquated element of an Ineos—either the SUV or truck.—
Michael Van Runkle,
Robb Report,
24 Sep. 2025
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At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Bettany played English poet and writer Geoffrey Chaucer in the medieval action-comedy, which starred Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, who forges a new identity for himself as a knight when his master dies.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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The movie was set in medieval times, and blended action, comedy and modern pop culture.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Outdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdated. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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