out-of-date
gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
Origin of out-of-date
1Other words from out-of-date
- out-of-dateness, noun
Words Nearby out-of-date
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How to use out-of-date in a sentence
The 4th of July has been reactionary, chauvinistic, and out-of-date since 1776.
P.J. O'Rourke: 27 Sensitive, Caring, Green, and Politically Committed Reasons to Ban July 4th | P. J. O’Rourke | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat they did have were out-of-date textbooks, leaky roofs, and no heat.
Bigotry Is Back, 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education | Dean Obeidallah | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCertainly not all Republican political leaders fall into the offensive and out-of-date category with respect to social issues.
It was a very particular kind of out-of-date but flashy style, that Croatian superfly kind of thing.
A lot of the most important data in the gun debate is unsatisfactory and is out-of-date.
These severally were supposed to include the full-blown racer, the out-of-date racer, and the ordinary cruiser.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.The old-fashioned fortress, suddenly made "out-of-date" by the Skoda mortars, was usually armed with guns of the naval type.
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinThey're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. GravesIn the reading-room two or three members turned over the out-of-date papers—but there is really no date in Faloo.
The Exiles of Faloo | Barry PainIf he now revives an out-of-date pattern of goods, for the sole sake of change, this is Degeneracy.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay
British Dictionary definitions for out of date
no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded
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Other Idioms and Phrases with out-of-date
Too old to be used, past the point of expiration, as in This milk is out of date. [Early 1600s]
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