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 for the new tunnel, slim it down by dispensing with outmoded technology that the rest of the world has abandoned like bench walls and, most critically, change the alignment of the tunnel.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
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
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmoded
Adjective
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Many people now fear that AI will make a huge number of careers obsolete.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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Its older and obsolete buildings have for years been losing office tenants to sleek new skyscrapers that popped up to the west along the Chicago River or in Fulton Market.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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As prominent Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe and conservative jurist Michael Luttig argued, the archaic law was dangerously flawed and fundamentally ripe for partisan exploitation.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
9 June 2026
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The very details that make the genre come alive—the archaic syntax, the outfits, the feelings—are the ones that haven’t survived into the present day or that the writer made up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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While that edict seems antiquated with the realities of the House settlement, the settlement doesn’t nullify or supersede appellate precedent.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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At the outset, the tech companies operated in a legal space that the country’s antiquated commercial code had not yet mapped.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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“Outmoded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmoded. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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