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• out-of-date
  out-of-date

  adjective

  gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete.
• out of date
  out of date

  adjective

  no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded

out-of-date

American  

[out-uhv-deyt] / ˈaʊt əvˈdeɪt /

adjective

1. gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete.

   out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.

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out of date British  

adjective

1. no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded

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out of date Idioms  

1. Too old to be used, past the point of expiration, as in This milk is out of date . [Early 1600s]

2. Old-fashioned, no longer in style, as in Dean has three suits but they're all out of date . [Early 1800s]

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Other Word Forms

• out-of-dateness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of out-of-date

First recorded in 1620–30

Explanation

Something that's out-of-date is either old-fashioned or so old that it's invalid. That typewriter in your closet is out-of-date, as well as that acid wash denim vest. An expired driver's license is out-of-date, and the out-of-date milk in your refrigerator is pretty likely to smell sour (depending on how out-of-date it is). Another way to be out-of-date is to be hopelessly unfashionable, like your mom's out-of-date bell bottom jeans or your grandparents' out-of-date kitchen, with its appliances from 1970. You can also use the words obsolete or outdated to mean out-of-date.

Example Sentences

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out-of-date out of date

Critics say Japan also differs from many other countries by having out-of-date building regulations that can classify data centres as offices and not industrial facilities.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

However, that out-of-date abode is located on a stunning parcel of land that covers more than 16 acres, including 4-plus acres of “income-producing Cabernet Sauvignon,” according to its previous listing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

There are self-reflexive meta gags about “hard-working cartoon writers” and “reappropriating out-of-date catchphrases.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

BBC journalists were able to order so-called skinny jabs to Northern Ireland from Voy and MedExpress using false data and out-of-date images, with no further verification required.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

It was the reason they had the out-of-date, nearly flat soda in the first place—the only thing he’d put in his stomach all day.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

He increasingly battled with a top command he cast as out of date, not flexible and bogged down with bureaucracy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Photo IDs that are out of date can still be used if the image still looks like you.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

But this posting is likely out of date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

The problem is that fund managers are often allowed to keep using the reported NAV figures even if they know they are out of date or weren’t measured properly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Those will get saved to the end, and by the time I have the time to deal with them, they’ll be so out of date that I’ll just have to apologize: Sorry, man.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

Related Words

• ancient
• antiquated
• obsolete
• old-fashioned
• outmoded
• primitive