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Recent Examples of outmoded The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law allocated $1 billion in funding to municipal gas utilities to fund the replacement and upgrading of their outmoded infrastructure. Dawn White, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2025 Instead of using this opportunity to make Bond a more inclusive franchise, Bezos could very well lean into the franchise’s outmoded machismo, returning Bond to an aggressive womanizer and pillar of a brand of masculinity that aligns with the values of the far right. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025 After owning the crease for nearly a century, the Canadian goalie is apparently becoming outmoded. James Mirtle, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 Replacing outmoded pipes with modern materials aligns with public policy and is the right thing to do for our customers and the environment. Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outmoded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmoded
Adjective
  • Who makes a bad car and has an obsolete social media platform?
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
  • While some roles will become obsolete, others—particularly those in direct service—will become more critical than ever.
    Scott White, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The chain gang will still be on the field as a backup option, but the archaic measuring system will no longer be the primary way to determine a first down or not on close plays.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • That would have been necessary in the technologically archaic Cohen building — absent the existential question now hovering over the networks.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2018, Russia blamed Israel for an incident in which an antiquated Syrian S-200 anti-aircraft missile destroyed a Russian military transport while targeting Israeli fighter jets, killing all 15 Russian personnel aboard.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Too many fouls, not enough freedom for creativity and an antiquated two halves format have kept him from diving in.
    C.J. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Also, the pass includes several mountain excursions and free admission to more than 500 museums throughout Switzerland. Not to be missed is the medieval town of Gruyères about 80 miles from Geneva.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The stakes of the story become ever more human-on-human, with zombies largely relegated to one epic battle that sits at the cinematic junction of western, medieval and samurai.
    Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Outmoded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmoded. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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