outmoded

[out-moh-did]

adjective

1. gone out of style; no longer fashionable.

   outmoded styles.

   Synonyms: old-fashioned, dated, unfashionable

2. not acceptable by present standards; no longer usable; obsolete.

   outmoded dwellings; outmoded teaching methods.

outmoded

/ ˌaʊtˈməʊdɪd /

adjective

1. no longer fashionable or widely accepted

2. no longer practical or usable

Other Word Forms

• outmodedly adverb
• outmodedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of outmoded¹

outmode, -ed ²

Example Sentences

ReplayTV then got shuttled from owner to owner, getting whittled away as its technology became more outmoded.

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Those institutions of democracy that fill Americans with so much outmoded pride served as inspirations to the world; that much is true.

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The chips also are outmoded for some AI applications compared to the company’s top-of-the-line Blackwell series, which are still subject to a U.S. export ban.

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Calling it a picture of the American dream would be reductive, diminishing all of the work that Escola has done to apply it to an outmoded path toward prosperity.

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She’s deeply interested in why Sagan’s story has maintained its relevance, even if parts of it feel outmoded.

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Related Words

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• out-of-date