as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
an outdated rotary telephone
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Recent Examples of outdated
In the security audit, ANSSI reportedly recommended the Louvre boost its cyber security as well as move away from outdated software that could jeopardize its protective stance.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Yet most national climate targets remain outdated and insufficient.
—Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Payments, however, may be delayed for weeks or months due to outdated state systems and reprogramming challenges.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
And on top of all else, America’s air traffic control systems are critically outdated.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Yet most national climate targets remain outdated and insufficient.
—Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Payments, however, may be delayed for weeks or months due to outdated state systems and reprogramming challenges.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
And on top of all else, America’s air traffic control systems are critically outdated.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdated
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And just because there’s a new art form like AI, doesn’t mean that the old art form becomes obsolete, right?—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The champions of unfettered AI talk as though copyright law is a nuisance, something quaint and obsolete.—
Gerard Scimeca,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Nearly 20 years later, the law may seem archaic, the Enquirer previously reported, and may be a violation of the First Amendment.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the company is back on a strong growth trajectory, fueled by the AI boom that could possibly disrupt the antiquated insurance industry that has incumbents with large market share, but are slow to evolve.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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On the other hand, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and a backup cam kept the cheap sports car from feeling too antiquated to bear.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Outdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdated. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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