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单词 outdated
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Definition of outdated in English:

outdated

adjective aʊtˈdeɪtɪdˌaʊtˈdeɪdəd
  • Out of date; obsolete.

    outdated equipment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We need to reduce our dependence on a centralized, outdated and overstressed electrical grid.
    • So here we stand, out in the pasture in very much the same way as the outdated and obsolete horse.
    • You emphasize that some of those magazines from the past are strangely not outdated.
    • Rather than this being understood as outdated elitism, or arrogance, this can be read more subtly.
    • Old and outdated equipment is also a factor in the decision to retrench.
    • These studies point to flaws in student assistance in this province, which is at best an outdated system.
    • It's antiquated and outdated, more of a reminder of a bygone era in college football.
    • It was rundown, with outdated equipment and a half-empty order book.
    • Take away the outdated reasoning, and what you have is an old-fashioned cartel.
    • Yet France and Germany, with the UK and Italy not far behind, say such criticism is outdated.
    • If approval isn't granted in September, the application may die due to outdated financial data.
    • November 24 will signal the end of the outdated licensing system, which dates back to the First World War.
    • The new rules will remove outdated references to penal servitude and imprisonment with hard labour.
    • It amazes me that many people do not realize this and still cling to the outdated relics of the past.
    • Yet the easiest way to describe it is as a pop album recorded on hopelessly outdated equipment.
    • Traditional degree classifications could become a thing of the past after a new report declared them outdated.
    • Maybe there's an outdated city law that needs to be amended, starting with a petition.
    • This is no longer a temptation for us, and so we leave behind this outdated moral teaching.
    • If we are to mature as a society as well as a nation, then we should put outdated prejudices behind us, stop the silly jokes, and grow up.
    • The understanding that only through good examination results can one succeed has long been outdated.
    Synonyms
    old-fashioned, out of date, outmoded, out of fashion, unfashionable, out of style, dated, out, outworn, old, former, musty, old-time, old-world, behind the times, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated, defunct, medieval, prehistoric, antediluvian, old-fogeyish, old-fangled, backward-looking, quaint, anachronistic, crusted, feudal, fusty, moth-eaten, olde worlde
    French passé, démodé, vieux jeu
    informal old hat, square, not with it, out of the ark, creaky, clunky, mouldy
    North American informal horse-and-buggy, rinky-dink, mossy
    archaic square-toed

Derivatives

  • outdate

  • verb aʊtˈdeɪtˌaʊtˈdeɪt
    [with object]
    • Make out of date or obsolete.

      new technology is outdating current privacy laws
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When so defined, the source cannot differ from the sum of sink activities, largely outdating the source- or sink-limitation concepts.
      • Hair root microsurgery is a state of the art method that outdates older techniques.
      • It is completely different and neither one outdates or outperforms the other.
  • outdatedness

  • noun
    • Identifying California with the future, their novels predict their own outdatedness; they become boats against the current, condemned to search for living tradition in the vaults and graveyards of the British past.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Given the wealth of new insights that economic historians of the region have offered over the past ten years, this suggests a volume that teeters on the verge of outdatedness at publication.
      • These frozen, silent moments were punctuated by the hum, whir and click of slide projectors changing and revolving, reminding us of their outdatedness and sheer physicality.
      • I think it's these areas that people are immersed in when they're moved to speak of Freud's outdatedness, and perhaps rightly so.
      • Then there are songs that simply explode with outdatedness.

Rhymes

belated, elated, mismated, overinflated, striated, unabated, undated, unrated, unrelated, unstated, X-rated
 
 

Definition of outdated in US English:

outdated

adjectiveˌoutˈdādədˌaʊtˈdeɪdəd
  • Out of date; obsolete.

    outdated equipment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rather than this being understood as outdated elitism, or arrogance, this can be read more subtly.
    • So here we stand, out in the pasture in very much the same way as the outdated and obsolete horse.
    • Take away the outdated reasoning, and what you have is an old-fashioned cartel.
    • We need to reduce our dependence on a centralized, outdated and overstressed electrical grid.
    • It amazes me that many people do not realize this and still cling to the outdated relics of the past.
    • Yet France and Germany, with the UK and Italy not far behind, say such criticism is outdated.
    • If approval isn't granted in September, the application may die due to outdated financial data.
    • November 24 will signal the end of the outdated licensing system, which dates back to the First World War.
    • This is no longer a temptation for us, and so we leave behind this outdated moral teaching.
    • Traditional degree classifications could become a thing of the past after a new report declared them outdated.
    • Yet the easiest way to describe it is as a pop album recorded on hopelessly outdated equipment.
    • It's antiquated and outdated, more of a reminder of a bygone era in college football.
    • It was rundown, with outdated equipment and a half-empty order book.
    • Maybe there's an outdated city law that needs to be amended, starting with a petition.
    • The new rules will remove outdated references to penal servitude and imprisonment with hard labour.
    • These studies point to flaws in student assistance in this province, which is at best an outdated system.
    • Old and outdated equipment is also a factor in the decision to retrench.
    • The understanding that only through good examination results can one succeed has long been outdated.
    • You emphasize that some of those magazines from the past are strangely not outdated.
    • If we are to mature as a society as well as a nation, then we should put outdated prejudices behind us, stop the silly jokes, and grow up.
    Synonyms
    old-fashioned, out of date, outmoded, out of fashion, unfashionable, out of style, dated, out, outworn, old, former, musty, old-time, old-world, behind the times, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated, defunct, medieval, prehistoric, antediluvian, old-fogeyish, old-fangled, backward-looking, quaint, anachronistic, crusted, feudal, fusty, moth-eaten, olde worlde
 
 
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