How to Use antiquated in a Sentence

antiquated

adjective
  • He has some pretty antiquated opinions about politics.
  • And far too many leads fall through the cracks and out of an antiquated funnel.
    Dr. Debbie Qaqish, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • We are stuck in an antiquated system that can't match the two.
    CBS News, 7 May 2023
  • Survivor has been on for 20 years, and good for them for shedding some of the show’s more antiquated leanings.
    Joseph Longo, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The world is just now throwing out its antiquated notions about the sport being a boys club, along with its shoes.
    Ana Escalante, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2022
  • It’s all the more important then that a new stadium is built in place of the much-loved, but antiquated, San Siro.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • There are people who never write letters and to whom the idea is quaint, even antiquated.
    Francesca Stanfill, Town & Country, 22 June 2023
  • While the idea of a railroad strike may seem antiquated, the railroads themselves never went away.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That building, which was antiquated, was closed about five years ago.
    John Benson, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2021
  • This is a big ask for our schools, many of which are saddled with antiquated tools that are ill-suited for choosing the future of medicine.
    Kelly Dore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2021
  • LeSarre and others said red tape and the city’s antiquated hiring process have hindered progress.
    Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The small gray box isn’t much to look at, compared to elegant, antiquated books spread out and labeled on tables in the next room.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Sadly, those antiquated notions no longer have a place in the landscape of big-time college sports.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The killing has already spurred the state to repeal its antiquated citizen’s arrest law and pass a new hate crimes law.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • That fall, two trains derailed in six days at a sequence of antiquated switches.
    Danelle Morton, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Legal experts say the way the state manages this antiquated system is in dire need of reform.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • House Democratic leaders seem to be on the same (if antiquated) page.
    WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The Church should make an effort to move away from the prevailing antiquated mindset.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • The poor souls are working with a patchwork of antiquated systems.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Kolkata wears its past on its sleeve like few other cities, from its rotund yellow taxis to its antiquated trams.
    New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The outside was so antiquated that prospective teachers sometimes took one look, then peeled out of the parking lot.
    New York Times, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Wisps and waverings of antiquated sounds in transit from the faraway past?
    Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Moreover, the reboot has an antiquated feel, as if someone wrote the scripts decades ago and unearthed them in the present, barely adding tweaks or updates.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
  • When the rest of the world seems to have moved on, why do some offices insist on using antiquated technology?
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 June 2023
  • Both pieces of equipment are pretty antiquated and need to be replaced.
    John Benson, cleveland, 23 June 2021
  • While there's an argument to be made that much of the Jeep's appeal lies in its antiquated charm, Ford's new Bronco proves that there is a much better way.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Or the lie that the old 1910 tunnel and the new Gateway tunnel need the expensive and antiquated technology of bench walls.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Few teams have tried this, preferring zones and sitting their safeties deep (Houston in the antiquated Cover-Two last week).
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Leveraging antiquated technologies as a way to drive policy decisions clearly isn’t resonating with the workforce.
    Daniel Root, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Wayne County officials has touted that its new facility would be safer for inmates, and would remedy deplorable, antiquated, and unsafe conditions at its old facilities.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024

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