as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
an outdated rotary telephone
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Recent Examples of outdated
As Japan’s population ages and its work force shrinks, the maintenance of railway infrastructure, including outdated station buildings, is a growing issue for railway operators.
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Noriko Hayashi, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
According to the bill’s carrier on the Senate floor, Sen. Chuck Walen, R-New Town, the task force’s goal is to identify areas where North Dakota can increase efficiency, implement cost-saving measures, and find unnecessary, duplicative or outdated laws, rules and regulations.
—Grant Coursey, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025
However, there’s a line between tastefully old-school and unpleasantly outdated.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Winter storms and outdated tech caused myriad flight cancellations and delays, leading to a $140m fine from the US Department of Transportation.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noriko Hayashi, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
According to the bill’s carrier on the Senate floor, Sen. Chuck Walen, R-New Town, the task force’s goal is to identify areas where North Dakota can increase efficiency, implement cost-saving measures, and find unnecessary, duplicative or outdated laws, rules and regulations.
—Grant Coursey, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025
However, there’s a line between tastefully old-school and unpleasantly outdated.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Winter storms and outdated tech caused myriad flight cancellations and delays, leading to a $140m fine from the US Department of Transportation.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdated
Adjective
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This means old proxies for productivity, such as time at the desk or visible busyness, are quickly becoming obsolete.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In an era when career uncertainty—marked by layoffs, automation, shifting regulations, and changing expectations—traditional notions of job security are becoming obsolete.—
Daisy Auger-Domínguez,
Harvard Business Review,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The chain gang will still be on the field as a backup option, but the archaic measuring system will no longer be the primary way to determine a first down or not on close plays.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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That would have been necessary in the technologically archaic Cohen building — absent the existential question now hovering over the networks.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In 2018, Russia blamed Israel for an incident in which an antiquated Syrian S-200 anti-aircraft missile destroyed a Russian military transport while targeting Israeli fighter jets, killing all 15 Russian personnel aboard.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Too many fouls, not enough freedom for creativity and an antiquated two halves format have kept him from diving in.—
C.J. Doon,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Not medieval Spain, but as recently as the 1980s in the Soviet Union.—
Olga & Igor Alterman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Drimmer is an associate professor of medieval art and architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of The Art of Allusion: Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403–1476 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). NOTES 1.—
Sonja Drimmer,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Outdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdated. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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