OUTMODED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

outmoded

adjective

ˌau̇t-ˈmō-dəd

Definition of outmoded next

as in obsolete

having passed its time of use or usefulness outmoded computers that can be recycled

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Recent Examples of outmoded Just like in a closet, clear out the old and outmoded for what can serve you best now. —

Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026 Adi looked down at his hiking boots with their split-grain leather and polyurethane midsoles and skidded his feet back toward the driftwood, like one of his former fourth graders called out on a pair of outmoded sneakers. —

Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 An outmoded concept, evil was baggage from a pre-modern age, the least useful way to interpret bad behavior. —

Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026 As long as live sports can still drum up huge audiences via the outmoded delivery system and companies like Charter continue to break new ground on the distribution front, the day of reckoning, while inevitable, will be delayed. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outmoded

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Technicians will replace obsolete components, including transistors and rectifiers, before rebuilding and testing each unit.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026