OUT OF DATE Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

out-of-date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having passed its time of use or usefulness his file contained out-of-date information that might have been accurate when he was first hired but is no longer so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Recent Examples of out-of-date Hospitals and doctors will no longer be able to argue that regulators are using out-of-date data.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13 Nov. 2025 The United States is not the first country to transition away from small denomination coins or discontinue out-of-date coins.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Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025 The warrior ethos of The Iliad is out-of-date in our age of human rights, as is the natural philosophy of Aristotle.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Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025 An out-of-date photo The sheriff's office said the most recent photograph of Melodee is the one on the FBI's missing person poster, which was taken two years ago.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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for out-of-date

Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-date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

If a data center is shut down and the building is set to become something else, the data center’s owner would be required to remove all obsolete equipment like chillers and generators from the site.

— R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The cars are new, the engines are new, the rules are new, and the pecking order that Lando Norris mastered last season may already be obsolete.

— The Athletic, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026