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
John R. Montgomery Madison, Wis. "The Bugs Are Coming" mentions new effective pest-killing innovations but declares that the evolution of the insect will outmode the best of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Navy prototypes for a network that will outmode all previous methods of air and sea navigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
His subjects, he tells us, have dispensed with outmoded theology and instead put ritual to its proper use as a useful technological aid to social connection and cohesion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos has previously called such releases “an outmoded idea for most people” and said Netflix makes movies for people to watch on Netflix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
ReplayTV then got shuttled from owner to owner, getting whittled away as its technology became more outmoded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Those institutions of democracy that fill Americans with so much outmoded pride served as inspirations to the world; that much is true.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
However, it occurs to me that perhaps what one takes objection to is, specifically, the outmoded understanding of what a 'distinguished household' is, rather than to the general principle being expressed.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Amateur enthusiasts had swept into town, breaking down long-laid plans, outmoding deals, making all estimates wild guesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
To keep pace with this new business, the largest U. S. bus line, Greyhound Corp., last week whelped the first 25 of a litter of 305 new busses, completely outmoding present standard equipment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Competition's tropical-like growth stems mostly from the new economy's technological explosion, which is rapidly outmoding the methods, machines and products of only yesterday.
From Time Magazine Archive
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