out-of-date

[out-uhv-deyt]

adjective

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

   out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.

out of date

adjective

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 no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded

Other Word Forms

• out-of-dateness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of out of date¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Idioms and Phrases

Too old to be used, past the point of expiration, as in This milk is out of date .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

Old-fashioned, no longer in style, as in Dean has three suits but they're all out of date .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

Related Words

• antiquated 
• archaic 
• obsolete 
• outmoded