outmoded

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> Some folk won't-like-them-apples - but there'll soon be a lot of it happening - the Corporations are at present proving daily that they're outdated, outmoded, and economically disastrous relics of a bygone era.

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  1. adjective Not in fashion; unfashionable: outmoded attire; outmoded ideas.
  2. adjective No longer usable or practical; obsolete: outmoded machinery.

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  • Neither gave a hint of an organized itinerary; neither revealed the purpose of his travels For some time now Hy had expressed dissatisfaction with his participation in the environmental movement; he felt his confrontational style was outmoded, his fund-raising ability limited. —  Muller, Marcia - [15] Till the Butchers cut him down.htm
  • Some stars quickly become overblown, outmoded, and overrated. —  Heretical Ideas Magazine
  • President Barack Obama said like many when he discount generic cialis online recognized that him 'consensus of Washington' of free globalization and liberation was now outmoded, and asked rather an approach more balanced at the regulating markets that to let run them free. —  Mini-ITX, Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX related news
  • I hope the time will come when the notion of settling conflicts by sending young people to kill the young people of the other country will be seen for the outmoded, and pointless method it is.
  • As physical objects, as business models, and as delivery systems for journalism, they're badly outmoded-sort of like GM cars. —  The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue
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