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
For years, military theorists and political scientists have argued that airpower is overrated and, in some ways, outmoded.
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David A. Deptula, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
Would today’s investment be outmoded 12 months from now?
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
What all of this costs the networks and cable news outlets is surely sizable; what’s produced is beholden to the many limitations or traditions of TV news: outmoded news segment formats, restrictive standards.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for outmoded
David A. Deptula, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
Would today’s investment be outmoded 12 months from now?
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
What all of this costs the networks and cable news outlets is surely sizable; what’s produced is beholden to the many limitations or traditions of TV news: outmoded news segment formats, restrictive standards.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for outmoded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmoded
Adjective
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But as technology reshapes health and wellness, that simple number is starting to look obsolete.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Parmar also deliberately streamlines clinic notes by encouraging his providers to avoid the common habit of copying and pasting blocks of obsolete or redundant information in favor of quick updates that can be scanned easily at subsequent visits.—
Helen Ouyang,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So any expansion to what is already a very archaic, cumbersome system will be very hard on small business owners in Michigan.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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When collective desires for liberation are overtaking our political landscape while creating rhetoric around our very bodies to do it, beauty feels almost archaic as a desire.—
Akilah Sailers,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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Both are now antiquated relics to be housed, and studied, in a museum.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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That outlook feels askew and antiquated.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Optional add-ons, such as the $500-tour of medieval Montalcino with a Brunello wine tasting, feel almost restrained in comparison.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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In August this year, researchers reportedly discovered medieval texts alleging as early as 1370 that the shroud was faked.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Outmoded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmoded. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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