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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Traditional family law can be archaic, inconsistent and not aligned with the realities of modern relationships.—
Julia Rodgers,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025 -
According to the team, in a few years, entrepreneurs will consider a passive site as archaic as a business without a phone number.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Bersten, meanwhile, dated model Alexis Ren, whom he was paired with in season 27 of DWTS.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Glee is aggressively rewatchable — a series that is somehow poignant, brilliantly campy, and hilarious while also being so dated that it should never be made again.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There was a rusty barrel half full of wood embers.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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This helps protect the nonstick surface, further fighting the risk of rusty cast iron.—
Julie Harans,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But as obsolete as these pregnancy myths might have become, in some ways parents still need them.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mastery of a particular model’s API or a set of prompting techniques can become obsolete in a matter of months.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Passé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%C3%A9. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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