as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness
that literary style is a bit passé nowadays
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Adjective
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Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025 -
But Vermont, unfortunately, has a lot of archaic politics that allow a lot of abuse of wildlife.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Both films were directed by Hughes and are considered ʼ80s classics, though some of their characters, dialogue, and plot devices are now considered dated and problematic.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Here’s a planner with a clear, dated layout that keeps planning simple.—
Jordan Galloway,
SELF,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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All that carrying on caused the rusty metal trap to cut further into his leg, which caused a terrible infection.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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On a shelf next to me, between the smoke grenades and coffee creamer, sat a 20-pound bag of rusty bolts waiting to be packed around the next day’s warheads.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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By learning from these craftspeople, AIs can now replace them in offering advice, thus threatening to render the original human experts obsolete.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Passé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%C3%A9. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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