outmode
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of outmode
1900–05; perhaps from the phrase out of mode; compare French démoder
Example Sentences
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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 • Feb. 3, 2026
Still, Rethink Robotics argues that its robots will only supplement their human counterparts, not outmode them.
From Time • Mar. 19, 2015
The film champions the supreme might of man and machine working in unison, a combination that ultimately wins out over the soulless tech geekery which aims to outmode workers altogether.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2011
The planners believe that strategic and tactical atomic weapons�largely airborne�will eventually outmode conventional land warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
Navy prototypes for a network that will outmode all previous methods of air and sea navigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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