as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
an outdated rotary telephone
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Recent Examples of outdated
But far from proving that equality is an outdated concept, the meme is merely showing us that two of Samuel Johnson’s competing definitions of it remain in force.
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Teresa M. Bejan,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2026
Congress could move toward overhauling this outdated law – for example, by allowing states to seek waivers from ERISA’s constraints.
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Miranda Yaver,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
An outdated tax code forces dual-income couples to pay a premium.
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Erin Antler,
Washington Post,
1 July 2026
The country has major logistical problems due to outdated public transportation systems and heavy traffic.
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Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for outdated
Teresa M. Bejan,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2026
Congress could move toward overhauling this outdated law – for example, by allowing states to seek waivers from ERISA’s constraints.
—
Miranda Yaver,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
An outdated tax code forces dual-income couples to pay a premium.
—
Erin Antler,
Washington Post,
1 July 2026
The country has major logistical problems due to outdated public transportation systems and heavy traffic.
—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for outdated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdated
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The professors were bitter and angry—angry at a university, a state, and a country where their fields of study were regarded as obsolete, useful only for padding the schedules of STEM students or as a backstop for STEM burnouts.
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All devices will eventually become obsolete and be disposed of, but until such time, the connectivity models mean that almost all products are now IoT devices and require whole-life management.
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The Spanish is archaic, the intonations are complicated, and the words tumble over themselves like a hard charge toward the goal posts.
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For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era.
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By wrapping antiquated infrastructure in agentic interfaces, these workers can unlock near-native operational efficiency without a risky, catastrophic core system overhaul.
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But what, exactly, is that robot doing watching fireworks next to a little boy and a man in antiquated garb?
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“Outdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdated. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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