as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
an outdated rotary telephone
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Recent Examples of outdated
The robots could distinguish between important, real-time obstacles and unnecessary, outdated information using this human-like forgetting method.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
You’re being seen as a force of influence, someone with the courage to challenge outdated systems and offer new blueprints.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
By replacing outdated and harmful practices, HMS aims to empower brands, laundries and mills to achieve both environmental and commercial goals.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
Designer Miranda Cullens agrees that accent walls aren't totally outdated, but have evolved from their classic, one-bold-paint-color approach.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
You’re being seen as a force of influence, someone with the courage to challenge outdated systems and offer new blueprints.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
By replacing outdated and harmful practices, HMS aims to empower brands, laundries and mills to achieve both environmental and commercial goals.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
Designer Miranda Cullens agrees that accent walls aren't totally outdated, but have evolved from their classic, one-bold-paint-color approach.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdated
Adjective
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But as obsolete as these pregnancy myths might have become, in some ways parents still need them.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mastery of a particular model’s API or a set of prompting techniques can become obsolete in a matter of months.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Traditional family law can be archaic, inconsistent and not aligned with the realities of modern relationships.—
Julia Rodgers,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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According to the team, in a few years, entrepreneurs will consider a passive site as archaic as a business without a phone number.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Large events might overwhelm its antiquated plumbing system.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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The immigration agent didn’t know what to make of the antiquated document.—
Pedro Rios,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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