dated
adjective
having or showing a date.
datedness
-
a word derived from
dated.
Example Sentences
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Yet, despite this occasional datedness, “Love and Death in the American Novel” remains wonderfully alive, being iconoclastic, polemical, exhilarating and, not least, fun to read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The datedness of the jibe about Lacan may suggest a long-nurtured touchiness.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2020
Choc remains distinctive for these reasons, and it lacks datedness, as evidenced in its continued use throughout the world, most visibly on storefronts.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2018
Its ageless style works two ways: It offers the anonymity of an old thing to new buyers, and it relieves any sense of datedness that might otherwise stick to a 4-year-old phone.
From Slate ● May 31, 2016
It is fantastic to try to imagine eliminating novels and plays from our literature on the criterion of datedness.
From Time Magazine Archive
