dated
Americanadjective
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having or showing a date.
a dated record of all meetings.
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out-of-date; old-fashioned.
a nostalgic program of dated songs.
- Synonyms:
- unfashionable , passé , outmoded
adjective
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unfashionable; outmoded
dated clothes
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(of a security) having a fixed date for redemption
Other Word Forms
- datedly adverb
- datedness noun
- undated adjective
Etymology
Origin of dated
Example Sentences
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Looking back at these houses, it is remarkable how few of them seem dated a half-century later, unlike so many of their peers.
I dated, but nothing seemed to fill the dissatisfaction I felt with love.
From Los Angeles Times
They dated the bones, analysed the DNA and compared this with the gene pool of modern cats.
From BBC
The two had dated while working on the same case, though Wade later withdrew from the case after a judge insisted one of them leave.
From Salon
He noted that the last joke he’d written dated back to when his twin sons were babies — a bit about jingling his car keys to make them laugh — which he physically demonstrated during the appearance.
From Los Angeles Times
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