outmoded

outmoded
adj
1. old-fashioned, out-of-style, unfashionable, out-of-fashion, outdated, out-of-date, out, oldfangled, unmodern, dated, behind the times, Inf. old hat, Inf. back-number, out-of-season, secondhand, used, Inf. hand-me-down, Sl. early-Salvation-Army.
2. former, older, previous, foregoing, oldtime, sometime, onetime; stale, fusty, musty, worn, timeworn, moth-eaten, moss-grown, old, hoary, tired, Inf. rinky-dink, Inf. square, Inf. old-fogyish, Inf. old-ladyish, Inf. corny, Inf. fuddy-duddy, stodgy, conservative.
3. neglected, forgotten, abandoned, forsaken, old as the hills, remote, vintage, past its prime, Inf. over the hill; prior, earlier, long-forgotten.
4. discredited, refuted, repudiated, renounced, dismissed, spurned, scorned, abjured, discarded, rejected, cast-off, done with, on the shelf, all over with, Inf. has-been, Inf. washed-up, Inf. down the drain, Inf. kaput, Inf. dead, Inf. dead as a doornail, Inf. dead as yesterday's news.
5. retired, lapsed, elapsed, expired, run out, defunct; superseded, replaced, outworn.
6. obsolete, obsolescent, passe, past, gone by, fallen into disuse, out of use, disused, derelict; quaint, old-world, by-gone, horse-and-buggy, vanished, never to return, Inf. fini, Inf. done for.
7. prehistoric, antiquated, antique, ancient, fossil, fossilized, petrified; anachronistic, anachronous, antediluvian, before the Flood; archaic, archaistic, extinct, Archaic. olden, primitive, atavistic; quondam, erstwhile.
8. traditional, old-line, old-school, conventional, die-hard, nonprogressive, unchanging, backward.

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  • outmoded — (adj.) no longer in fashion, out of date, 1903, from OUT (Cf. out) + MODE (Cf. mode) (q.v.); perhaps formed on model of Fr. démoder …   Etymology dictionary

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  • outmoded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ old fashioned …   English terms dictionary

  • outmoded — [out΄mōd′id] adj. no longer in fashion or accepted; obsolete …   English World dictionary

  • outmoded — [[t]a͟ʊtmo͟ʊdɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as outmoded, you mean that you think it is old fashioned and no longer useful or relevant to modern life. Romania badly needs aid to modernise its outmoded industries... What hope is there …   English dictionary

  • outmoded — /owt moh did/, adj. 1. gone out of style; no longer fashionable: outmoded styles. 2. not acceptable by present standards; no longer usable; obsolete: outmoded dwellings; outmoded teaching methods. [see OUTMODE, ED2] Syn. 1. unfashionable, dated,… …   Universalium

  • outmoded — adjective Date: 1903 1. not being in style 2. no longer acceptable, current, or usable < outmoded customs > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • outmoded — adjective unfashionable His pipe was as outmoded as his ideas …   Wiktionary

  • outmoded — out|mod|ed [autˈməudıd US ˈmou ] adj no longer fashionable or useful = ↑outdated ▪ outmoded ideas …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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