OUT OF DATE Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

out-of-date

adjective

ˌau̇t-ə(v)-ˈdāt

as in obsolete

having passed its time of use or usefulness his file contained out-of-date information that might have been accurate when he was first hired but is no longer so

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Recent Examples of out-of-date Hospitals and doctors will no longer be able to argue that regulators are using out-of-date data. —

Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 The United States is not the first country to transition away from small denomination coins or discontinue out-of-date coins. —

Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025 The warrior ethos of The Iliad is out-of-date in our age of human rights, as is the natural philosophy of Aristotle. —

Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025 An out-of-date photo The sheriff's office said the most recent photograph of Melodee is the one on the FBI's missing person poster, which was taken two years ago. —

Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for out-of-date

Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-date

Adjective

Conversely, Hickey brushed off the recent software stock rout that's been driven by investor fear that AI will suddenly make many software providers obsolete.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
So the question of which ride is superior may soon be obsolete as more robotaxis take to the streets and more Austinites get a glimpse of a world without human drivers.

— Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026