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datedness

  • a word derived from dated.
    dated
    adjective
    having or showing a date.

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Ever since the success of the 2012 comedy “21 Jump Street,” filmmakers have tried to resuscitate moribund IP by mocking its datedness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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