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• out-of-date
  out-of-date

  adjective

  gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete.
• out of date
  out of date

  adjective

  no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded

out-of-date

American  

[aut-uhv-dayt] / ˈaʊt əvˈdeɪt /

adjective

1. gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete.

   out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.

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out of date British  

adjective

1. no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded

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out of date Idioms  

1. Too old to be used, past the point of expiration, as in This milk is out of date . [Early 1600s]

2. Old-fashioned, no longer in style, as in Dean has three suits but they're all out of date . [Early 1800s]

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Other Word Forms

• out-of-dateness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of out-of-date

First recorded in 1620–30

Explanation

Something that's out-of-date is either old-fashioned or so old that it's invalid. That typewriter in your closet is out-of-date, as well as that acid wash denim vest. An expired driver's license is out-of-date, and the out-of-date milk in your refrigerator is pretty likely to smell sour (depending on how out-of-date it is). Another way to be out-of-date is to be hopelessly unfashionable, like your mom's out-of-date bell bottom jeans or your grandparents' out-of-date kitchen, with its appliances from 1970. You can also use the words obsolete or outdated to mean out-of-date.

Example Sentences

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out-of-date out of date

While their subplot is a worthy ding at today’s avalanche of junk, heaven help us if “Toy Story 6” co-stars an out-of-date cellphone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

This Florida timeshare sounds like out-of-date cheese with a bad odor.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

BBC journalists were able to order so-called skinny jabs to Northern Ireland from Voy and MedExpress using false data and out-of-date images, with no further verification required.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Designed by Edward Durell Stone, it suffers from the out-of-date look of similar 1960s architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Hominy Ridge was nothing but an out-of-date, unimproved, one-room country schoolhouse in the backwoodsiest corner of Indiana.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

It’s tempting to think the First Amendment is out of date with the rise of AI, around which there’s so much doomsaying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The organisation has called for a review of the process, describing it as "out of date and not fit for purpose".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

However, he also said that the compact is woefully out of date and should be scrapped and rewritten to match the reality of the shrinking river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

He increasingly battled with a top command he cast as out of date, not flexible and bogged down with bureaucracy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Further, the rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Related Words

• antiquated
• archaic
• obsolete
• outmoded