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outdated

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈaʊtˌdeɪtɪd// UK //aʊtdˈeɪtɪd// out·dat·ed

adj. no longer useful or modern because something newer and better exists.

adj. no longer in use or fashionable; superseded by more recent developments or standards.


SIMPLE

That old computer software is completely outdated.

CONTEXTUAL

The company struggled to compete because its manufacturing equipment was outdated and inefficient.

COMPLEX

While the theory was revolutionary in the nineteenth century, modern genetic research has rendered many of its core assumptions outdated.

Synonyms
Origin

From outdate + -ed.

Usage

Often follows a linking verb like 'be', 'become', or 'seem'.

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