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
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.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The film’s eagerness to hinge so much of its plot on AI — evolving another prescient detail of King’s text into the present — creates an unavoidable tension with the outmoded production demands of Killian’s show, a tension that Brolin is asked to wave away with a single line of dialogue.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
Until Uber and Lyft arrived, ride-seekers were reliant on outmoded taxicab operations.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
This has been attributed in part to surging loads from artificial intelligence data centers, as well as outmoded energy infrastructure.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The film’s eagerness to hinge so much of its plot on AI — evolving another prescient detail of King’s text into the present — creates an unavoidable tension with the outmoded production demands of Killian’s show, a tension that Brolin is asked to wave away with a single line of dialogue.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
Until Uber and Lyft arrived, ride-seekers were reliant on outmoded taxicab operations.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
This has been attributed in part to surging loads from artificial intelligence data centers, as well as outmoded energy infrastructure.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmoded
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Amid the nods to social media and cancel culture and the shallow perils of modern celebrity, the image of Taylor-Joy’s disciplined group of insurgents, who speak in almost archaic, poetic dialogue, strikes a bracing contrast.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Yet university leaders have spoken optimistically about the future, bolstered by its new membership in the Mid-American Conference (MAC), its coaching staff and a $25 million renovation of its archaic football stadium.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Wilson said the immediacy of her script connects with how Hedda isn’t simply an antiquated character from the past but someone women today can identify with.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The theatrical window is not an antiquated tradition.—
Joseph M. Singer,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Outmoded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmoded. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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