as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
outmoded computers that can be recycled
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Recent Examples of outmoded
Just like in a closet, clear out the old and outmoded for what can serve you best now.
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Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Adi looked down at his hiking boots with their split-grain leather and polyurethane midsoles and skidded his feet back toward the driftwood, like one of his former fourth graders called out on a pair of outmoded sneakers.
—Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
An outmoded concept, evil was baggage from a pre-modern age, the least useful way to interpret bad behavior.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
As long as live sports can still drum up huge audiences via the outmoded delivery system and companies like Charter continue to break new ground on the distribution front, the day of reckoning, while inevitable, will be delayed.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Adi looked down at his hiking boots with their split-grain leather and polyurethane midsoles and skidded his feet back toward the driftwood, like one of his former fourth graders called out on a pair of outmoded sneakers.
—Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
An outmoded concept, evil was baggage from a pre-modern age, the least useful way to interpret bad behavior.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
As long as live sports can still drum up huge audiences via the outmoded delivery system and companies like Charter continue to break new ground on the distribution front, the day of reckoning, while inevitable, will be delayed.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmoded
Adjective
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As horses on the battlefront became obsolete as technology (and tanks) advanced, American polo was left with a serious pipeline problem.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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Change a single assumption about how quickly AI chips become obsolete, and cumulative spending swings by hundreds of billions of dollars.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Those archaic teams did not have lofty expectations like the ones that featured Simmons.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Doubled down with odd and archaic roster construction.—
Jannelle Moore,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Like des Esseintes’s inclination toward the antiquated, Carly’s taste for vintage kitsch runs retro-romantic.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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For years, the armies on the Western Front were immobilized by the combination of modern technology and antiquated tactics.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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“Outmoded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmoded. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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