démodé
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of démodé
French, from dé- out of + mode style, fashion
Example Sentences
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The one-story house, on a modest acreage, is of off-white brick, in French country style—subtly different from French provincial, which has become démodé.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 26, 2020
Freudian analyses are démodé today, partly because Freud, a conspiracy theorist of the mind, had problems separating scientific reason from hokum.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 9, 2015
And for many modern women, that concept is démodé.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2012
Miller continued to work through the 90s, but he seemed ancien regime as glamour became démodé in television.
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2012
Shirts, if worn, are neutral in tint; white ones are quite démodé.
From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Childers, Erskine
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