outdate

American  

[out-deyt] / ˌaʊtˈdeɪt /

verb (used with object)

outdated, outdating

1. to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete.

   The advent of the steamship outdated sailing ships as commercial carriers.

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outdate British  

/ ˌaʊtˈdeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) (of something new) to cause (something else) to become old-fashioned or obsolete

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Etymology

Origin of outdate

First recorded in 1640–50; probably back formation from outdated

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

outdate outdated outdating

Jenny said she was surprised at the age of the messages, which outdate various vintage crisp packets from the 1990s that she has found on beach cleans.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

National Parks and forests hold some of the last trees that outdate Western society.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

For their part, moles, solitary underground creatures with giant paws for digging, outdate even the oldest kings of France.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2012

At Bell Labs, systems engineers spend years checking research developments against rival theories and the existing mechanisms they will outdate.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was well aware that the inventor might be on the verge of new inventions that would outdate the "Pollard," and he wanted to keep anything new for himself.

From The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts by Victor G. Durham

"The whole case for Heathrow expansion relies on outdated evidence that fails to take into account the urgent challenges we face today," Sir Sadiq said.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

That’s in part because of a broken healthcare system—but it’s also down to outdated design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Social Security’s full retirement age dictates when beneficiaries get 100% of what they’re owed in benefits, but the current rule has become outdated now that many Americans are living longer, experts said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

In a blog post, Amazon called the lawsuit "misguided" and "flawed," and said that regulators "cherry-picked" outdated internal documents.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

And then on the afternoon that Willow Chance came to see him, all of his categorization ground to a halt, like a fork thrown into the gears of outdated machinery.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Rapid developments in theology compounded the problem, often outdating books before they appeared.

From Time Magazine Archive

A speech and scene like this bear witness to an author and actor outdating and outranking both scene and speech.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee