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单词 outdatedness
释义

outdated

adjective

out·​dat·​ed ˌau̇t-ˈdā-təd How to pronounce outdated (audio)
: no longer current : outmoded
outdatedly adverb
outdatedness noun

Synonyms

  • antiquated
  • archaic
  • dated
  • démodé
  • demoded
  • fossilized
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • medieval
  • mediaeval
  • moribund
  • mossy
  • moth-eaten
  • neolithic
  • Noachian
  • obsolete
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • outworn
  • passé
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • rusty
  • Stone Age
  • superannuated
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Morgan was one of several building department officials blamed in the grand jury report for outdated, slow and overly stringent inspections of construction projects. Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 The legislation, which Biden signed into law this week, will allow the beleaguered agency to hire more than 80,000 employees, upgrade outdated technology systems and improve its ability to respond to taxpayers. Alan Rappeport, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 The money will be used to hire new tax enforcement agents, expand depleted taxpayer-services teams (which leave most customer service calls unanswered) and upgrade outdated technology systems. Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 That will include masonry repairs, window refurbishment, a new roof and work on the building’s outdated mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022 Because of outdated social and legal systems surrounding family issues, younger Japanese are increasingly reluctant to get married and have children, contributing to the low birthrate and shrinking population, said Ms. Noda. Mari Yamaguchi And Foster Klug, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2022 Mercury makes a sextile to both Uranus and the North Node in Taurus, reveling in the turning over of old technologies, outdated systems of power. Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 14 July 2022 In the decades following the Civil War, doctors and researchers built on a nascent understanding of germs to refute outdated ideas about the causes of infection, like miasma theory, which blamed the foul air of decay and refuse. John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022 This building’s interior — made up of small, fragmented spaces, outdated systems, and decaying materials — was gutted. Regina Cole, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

outdated

adjective

out·​dat·​ed au̇t-ˈdā-təd How to pronounce outdated (audio)
: not modern or current
They replaced their outdated machinery.

outdatedness

noun

as in banality

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • banality
  • staleness
  • commonness
  • familiarity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • newness
  • freshness
  • originality
  • novelty
  • trendiness
  • strangeness
  • unfamiliarity
  • hipness
  • unusualness
  • bizarreness
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