outmoded

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌaʊtˈmoʊdəd/ See IPA manual

Freq #48437

Meanings

1

adj
No longer useful or accepted because newer things have replaced it; out of date.

The factory still relied on outmoded machinery from the 1980s.
2

adj
No longer in fashion.

His ideas about marriage now seem completely outmoded.

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Synonyms

1 adj · no longer useful or... antiquated obsolete dated archaic

2 adj · no longer in fashion. dated

Word family

Derived forms outmodedlyoutmodedness

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Phrases (1)

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hopelessly outmoded
so outdated that it is no longer practical or suitable

Adverb + adjective

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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