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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outdated
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an old-fashioned/outdated expression
▪ The old-fashioned expression 'in the family way' means to be pregnant.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outdated equipment
Outdated laws and regulations are failing to keep crime on the Internet in check.
Outdated textbooks, decrepit buildings, overcrowded classrooms - the list of problems is long and growing.
▪ a rebel army, equipped only with outdated Russian weapons
▪ an outdated passport
▪ It is hard to run a business with outdated equipment.
▪ teaching methods that were hopelessly outdated
▪ The image of the civil service as a male, middle class bastion is now outdated.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After having introduced the outdated 1973 valuations, at some stage it would have a nationwide revaluation.
▪ Delegation was essentially a means of attempting to adjust planning machinery to an outdated local government system.
▪ He explained that union membership was an outdated rule.
▪ It is an outdated and inefficient system, which is not appropriate for this type of work.
▪ Prescriptivists are seen as blind adherents to outdated norms of formal usage.
▪ The ferries were safe but too often they were outdated and uncomfortable.
▪ Times were not good, we had basically clung to outdated ideas and we were on the verge of closing.
▪ Which outdated drugs are still used?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outdated

Outdated \Out*dat"ed\, a. Being out of date; antiquated; outmoded; unfashionable. [Obs.]
--Hammond.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
outdated

also out-dated, 1610s, "grown obsolete," from out + past participle of date (v.1). Out-of-date is attested from 1610s.

Wiktionary
outdated

a. 1 out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated. 2 Out of date; not the latest one.

WordNet
outdated

adj. old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: obsolete, out-of-date, superannuated]

Usage examples of "outdated".

We based our criteria for excellence on the ability at the Latin Theme, we abandoned all that with horror as outdated elitism, and we now do exactly the same thing, with algebraic formulae substituting for Ciceronian pedantries.

Young priests are leaving, some to get married, women are demanding to be allowed into the priesthood, the Vatican itself is critized for hoarding its vast wealth and not using it to feed the starving, to help the underprivileged, criticized for not condemning the violence in Northern Ireland more strongly, openly mocked its outdated views on birth control, divorce, and plenty of other topics which seem to have no relevance to today s society.

The professionals, who almost certainly surpassed them in cryptanalytic expertise, concentrated on the down-to-earth problems of the systems that were then in use but are now outdated.

But the room had an Internet connection, workable through the TV for the hire of a portable keyboard for a charge of a few euros, or a few thousand lira, according to the yellowing, outdated note on the TV cabinet.

In addition, when Doris Meissner became INS Commissioner in 1993, she found an agency seriously hampered by outdated technology and insufficient human resources.

The convention center was a grim, outdated white elephant that had underserved the city from day one.

Usually the staff was able to provide at least outdated cold cereal and muffins or bagels and coffee for everyone who came, or coffee at the very least.

Instead, every day brought the same old boring, outdated drills and practice.

The train ran quickly through the narrow fringe of suburbs, and then they were in one of those vast Continental stations which put our outdated depots to shame.

There were coils, meters, switches, and rheostats that were outdated when Marconi was sending his first signals across the Atlantic.

Every Sunday she brought her family to church, and every Sunday she sat ramrod straight, trying to act as if she wanted to dress her siblings in outdated frocks and breeches that were perilously worn in the knees.

Experts point out that federal per capita murder statistics rely on outdated Dade County population figures that exclude thousands of illegal aliens and winter residents.

That was when Celia had suggested-maliciously, as she saw it now-that his medical reasoning might be prejudiced or outdated, maybe both.

Too many ads, broken links, typos, outdated or old content - all diminish trust.

After the crates filled with outdated radio equipment had been removed, he climbed into the bay and deactivated the explosive antitampering device.