outdated

[ out-dey-tid ]

adjective

1. no longer in use or fashionable; out-of-date; outmoded; antiquated.

outdated

/ ˌaʊtˈdeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. old-fashioned or obsolete

Word History and Origins

Origin of outdated¹

First recorded in 1610–20; out- + date ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

This includes coronavirus-related staffing issues, outdated IT systems, delayed refunds and unprocessed returns.

From Washington Post

Shierholz said the CBO’s estimates showed that the benefits to low-wage workers outweighed the costs, but she was critical of the calculation of those costs, saying the CBO had relied on an outdated methodology.

From Washington Post

What we really are is a generation told to stick with outdated, one-size-fits-all modes of schooling that no longer apply to a world that has more ways to learn than ever before.

From Washington Post

I finally removed the outdated set of winter-compound all-terrain tires from my Ford Ranger and replaced them with these more snow-and-ice-specific Toyos.

From Outside Online

This put significant strain on local governments, which are often understaffed, have limited technical capabilities, and must deal with outdated tech systems.

From MIT Technology Review

Others fear that giving them the force of regulation could be more harmful because they would become outdated quickly.

From The Daily Beast

“The problem is, some on both sides are using outdated science, some from decades ago,” Stafford continued.

From The Daily Beast

So specious, in fact, that they are increasingly seen to be rationales to cover outdated forms of prejudice.

From The Daily Beast

There are plenty of other outdated stereotypes in “Tom and Jerry”—sexist attitudes, for example—but Amazon chose to focus on race.

From The Daily Beast

This makes the notion that race thwarts success increasingly outdated.

From The Daily Beast

Cavalry is outdated, nowadays, but in rocky mountain country they can have uses where tanks can't go.

From Project Gutenberg

The crazy quilt of outdated, clumsy old buildings that was the local Starmen's Enclave.

From Project Gutenberg

He recognized the latest model lie-detector, a rather outdated narco-synthesizer, a Class B Psychocomputer.

From Project Gutenberg

You left the ship, it being outdated, battered, useless and drifting in normal interstellar where it would never be found.

From Project Gutenberg

Something in the outdated slang made him feel—almost patriotic.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• antiquated
• archaic
• obsolete
• old
• out-of-date
• outmoded