How to Use antiquated in a Sentence

antiquated

adjective
  • He has some pretty antiquated opinions about politics.
  • And far too many leads fall through the cracks and out of an antiquated funnel.
    — Dr. Debbie Qaqish, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • We are stuck in an antiquated system that can't match the two.
    — CBS News, 7 May 2023
  • Your home bathroom doesn’t have to feel dull, or antiquated, any longer.
    — Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2020
  • That building, which was antiquated, was closed about five years ago.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
  • To me, that’s such an antiquated model of news.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • What was once standard, or even the height of home fashion, may now seem antiquated.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • What was once standard, or even the height of home fashion, may now seem antiquated.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • What was once standard, or even the height of home fashion, may now seem antiquated.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This is an antiquated pay model that’s been frozen in time for more than 20 years.
    — Anonymous, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
  • With its antiquated worst-picks-first draft system?
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • But maybe those retail rules are antiquated.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • There are people who never write letters and to whom the idea is quaint, even antiquated.
    — Francesca Stanfill, Town & Country, 22 June 2023
  • That fall, two trains derailed in six days at a sequence of antiquated switches.
    — Danelle Morton, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The world is just now throwing out its antiquated notions about the sport being a boys club, along with its shoes.
    — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Kolkata wears its past on its sleeve like few other cities, from its rotund yellow taxis to its antiquated trams.
    — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Fair enough, but should these shows still try to be for everyone, or is that as antiquated as the tanning bed?
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Both are now antiquated relics to be housed, and studied, in a museum.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The poor souls are working with a patchwork of antiquated systems.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • But both are antiquated and harmful.
    — Essence, 5 Jan. 2026
  • That outlook feels askew and antiquated.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This vision of Sweden was antiquated, out-of-touch, and white.
    — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • There are a couple reasons why some states and death row inmates are turning to a method that might be seen as antiquated.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Take note of the antiquated-looking lifeguard tower among the dunes.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2018
  • Sadly, those antiquated notions no longer have a place in the landscape of big-time college sports.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Some studies used antiquated technology like ink wells and quill tips, so they were cut.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The in-house software was antiquated, so a new system had to be developed.
    — Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2020
  • While the idea of a railroad strike may seem antiquated, the railroads themselves never went away.
    — The Editors, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Here's a more recent one for you guys just to show this isn't some antiquated phenomenon.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This isn't about shaming, this is about the need for discussion of an antiquated system.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 13 Dec. 2017

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