释义
[ out -uh v-deyt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈaʊt əvˈdeɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
Origin of out-of-date First recorded in 1620–30
OTHER WORDS FROM out-of-date out-of-dateness, noun Words nearby out-of-date out of circulation, out of commission, out of condition, out of control, out-of-court, out-of-date , out-of-door, out-of-doors, out of fashion, out of favor, out of gas
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Example sentences from the Web for out-of-date The 4th of July has been reactionary, chauvinistic, and out-of-date since 1776.
P.J. O'Rourke: 27 Sensitive, Caring, Green, and Politically Committed Reasons to Ban July 4th | P. J. O’Rourke| July 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
What they did have were out-of-date textbooks, leaky roofs, and no heat.
Bigotry Is Back, 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education | Dean Obeidallah| May 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Certainly not all Republican political leaders fall into the offensive and out-of-date category with respect to social issues.
What Pope Francis Can Teach the GOP | Sally Kohn| January 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It was a very particular kind of out-of-date but flashy style, that Croatian superfly kind of thing.
Willem Dafoe Cuts Like a Blade | Melissa Leon| December 8, 2013| DAILY BEAST
A lot of the most important data in the gun debate is unsatisfactory and is out-of-date .
Are Gun Accidents 'Very Rare'? | David Frum| February 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
They're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. Graves
Still, it appeared, even the matter of the out-of-date coat could not put off the evil day forever.
The Cinder Pond | Carroll Watson Rankin
There were modern authors in plenty who must certainly write much better than an out-of-date fellow like that.
Spanish Highways and Byways | Katharine Lee Bates
There is an increasing demand for out-of-date books of sport, and no doubt Mr. Summertrees thought this was what I meant.
The Triumphs of Eugne Valmont | Robert Barr
The day of frilled caps has gone, and even a bib to the apron is considered an out-of-date demand.
France | Gordon Cochrane Home
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British Dictionary definitions for out-of-date adjective , adverb (out-of-date when prenominal) no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with out-of-date 1 Too old to be used, past the point of expiration, as in This milk is out of date . [Early 1600s]
2 Old-fashioned, no longer in style, as in Dean has three suits but they're all out of date . [Early 1800s]
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Words related to out-of-date antiquated, archaic, outmoded, obsolete, old hat, superannuated, passé