How to Use antiquated in a Sentence

antiquated

adjective

• He has some pretty antiquated opinions about politics.
• We are stuck in an antiquated system that can't match the two.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2023
• There are people who never write letters and to whom the idea is quaint, even antiquated.
  — Francesca Stanfill, Town & Country, 22 June 2023
• While the idea of a railroad strike may seem antiquated, the railroads themselves never went away.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022
• Sadly, those antiquated notions no longer have a place in the landscape of big-time college sports.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• That fall, two trains derailed in six days at a sequence of antiquated switches.
  — Danelle Morton, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2023
• Legal experts say the way the state manages this antiquated system is in dire need of reform.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
• House Democratic leaders seem to be on the same (if antiquated) page.
  — WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
• Wisps and waverings of antiquated sounds in transit from the faraway past?
  — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• When the rest of the world seems to have moved on, why do some offices insist on using antiquated technology?
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 June 2023
• Few teams have tried this, preferring zones and sitting their safeties deep (Houston in the antiquated Cover-Two last week).
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022
• That’s an antiquated stance in today’s pass-happy and points-friendly NFL.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• Eight months later the fire sparked in antiquated wiring panels devastated the house.
  — Linda Deutsch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• But building your team around a guard, an off-ball linebacker and a running back is probably an antiquated plan of attack.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2022
• Some facilities are antiquated, Dr. Rubin said, staffing is an issue in some places, and turnover rates are high.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• We are no longer constrained by gender, perfection, and homogeny: beauty is not a box to be checked, a pass-fail test based on antiquated norms.
  — Photovogue, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
• Like a cable car, the cocktail is antiquated but still functional.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
• This antiquated system is often cited as the main reason for India's high crash rate.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 7 June 2023
• Walking into the center and suddenly being in the presence of all this antiquated hardware took my breath away.
  — Elio Morillo, Popular Science, 7 June 2023
• This is one area where antiquated gender roles aren’t as easily explored, by both men and women.
  — Darnell Mayberry | , cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• The antiquated but still beloved movie rental retailer has a live website – even though the company ceased most of its operations in 2014.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
• For example, the antiquated steamer Eliza Anderson, which had been laid up and used as a roadhouse, was refloated and sent to Nome with a full load of fortune hunters.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
• And now many residents are homeless after the earthquake shattered antiquated dwellings made of clay bricks and cinder blocks.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2023
• Climate change has unleashed flurries of rain on a city with an antiquated sewer system, and the severity of future storms is not going to lessen.
  — Fifth & Mission, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2023
• Now In the digital age of e-readers and online manuscripts, the trend of decorating with books may seem surprising or antiquated to some.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• In that sense, baseball, which is often viewed as the most antiquated of major American sports, could be seen as progressive.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
• That’s the number of people who signed a petition launched by the tech startup Datarails to voice their frustration with the use of antiquated tech in finance and want an upgrade to tech like A.I. and machine learning.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 May 2023
• These delicate curls may signal a broader shift from an antiquated male beauty standard of the past, to a freer and more expansive one today.
  — Wilson Wong, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• Ancient times, really, in terms of the expectation and etiquette around the antiquated tradition of opening gifts in front of your guests.
  — Lindsay Mannering, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• To many, jazz is an antiquated medium that’s more spectacle than anything.
  — Khari Nixon, SPIN, 20 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024