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out-of-date; old-fashioned.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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In her letter, dated 3 December, Burke said she was "grateful" that the charity's work had been acknowledged.
From BBC
Analysis suggested some possibly dated back to as far as 430AD - about the time the Roman empire was collapsing.
From BBC
Longer dated yields are definitely on the rise in some markets, but the U.S.
From Barron's
With its talk of physical CDs and Kathy Griffin’s old nose, “A Diva’s Christmas Carol” is wonderfully dated, yet totally timeless.
From Salon
The recordings were just as funny and weird and interesting as I remembered them; they didn’t seem dated, they didn’t seem superfluous, they weren’t something I was going to grow out of.
From Salon
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