outmode

American  

[out-mohd] / ˌaʊtˈmoʊd /

verb (used with object)

outmoded, outmoding

1. to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.

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verb (used without object)

outmoded, outmoding

1. to go out of style or become obsolete.

Etymology

Origin of outmode

1900–05; perhaps from the phrase out of mode; compare French démoder

Example Sentences

Investors’ fears that new developments in artificial intelligence will outmode software companies are now spreading to the private-fund managers that bet heavily on that industry’s future.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time, Xi had to contend with an outmoded command structure that was seen as susceptible to corruption and ill-equipped to fight modern wars.

From The Wall Street Journal

The wall text quotes Mr. Walther acknowledging that it was their systematic documentation of outmoded industrial structures that first got him interested in photography, and his collection includes many examples.

From The Wall Street Journal

At this point the reader may wonder why I should even bother to rebuke George Will; in his outmoded pomposity, he makes almost too easy a target.

From Salon

Traditional moviegoing is outmoded for most people, he said at a Time magazine event this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• annul
• overrule
• repudiate
• set aside
• supplant
• usurp