dated

[dey-tid]

adjective

1. having or showing a date.

   a dated record of all meetings.

2. out-of-date; old-fashioned.

   a nostalgic program of dated songs.

   Synonyms: unfashionable, passé, outmoded

dated

/ ˈdeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. unfashionable; outmoded

   dated clothes

2. (of a security) having a fixed date for redemption

Other Word Forms

• datedly adverb
• datedness noun
• undated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dated¹

First recorded in 1580–90; date ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

"We denounce an intolerable denial of justice," the lawyers wrote in a statement sent to AFP Thursday and dated Wednesday.

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All are dated after 2020, an approach partly meant to attribute responsibility to Biden administration policies.

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To your point, I didn’t want the material to feel dated either — obviously, the pandemic was in 2020-2021.

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Every year Halloween comes around, and with it those classic horror flicks, with their dated special effects and well-timed scare scenes that make us jump even though we know they’re coming.

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Suzuki bonded with Yuan over their shared experiences as Asian Americans living in Colorado; like him, she revealed that she has mostly dated white people.

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Related Words

• archaic 
• old-fashioned 
• outdated