Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not in fashion; unfashionable: outmoded attire; outmoded ideas.
- adj. No longer usable or practical; obsolete: outmoded machinery.
Wiktionary
- adj. unfashionable
- adj. obsolete
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of outmode.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. same as old-fashioned, a., 3.
- adj. Unacceptable because it is inferior to current standards, procedures, or technology.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. out of fashion
Examples
“Why do these theories of good study habits that are in outmoded persist?”
“We are trying to do more and better research with less support staff, in outmoded laboratories and depleted libraries.”
The Ivory Tower and the Boardroom: The University as an Organizational Laboratory
“Insisting that people should say data are, in spite of the fact that an American English speaker can’t use data are without sounding pretentious or outmoded, is stupid.”
“The United States has suggested setting numerical targets for capping current account surpluses and deficits, something Beijing has called outmoded central planning.”
“… described as outmoded "constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution" will look very sensible and relevant in the years ahead.”
“And isn't the idea of damsels in distress kind of outmoded anyway?”
“But lately the devotion has been viewed by many in as "outmoded" in the post-Vatican II Catholic world.”
The Huffington Post: Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Sexual Abuse and the Sacred Heart of Jesus
“And now the pitch of Paulson before Congress was not to turn back and look at history but to demean it as being "outmoded" and not "modern", whatever that means.”
“What exactly are you limiting to being "outmoded"?”
“Apparently the lesson is being relearned today by those bent upon interpreting all tradition as some kind of outmoded constraint on personal freedom and who have been encouraging immature, personal whim.”
The Wall Street Journal: Formal Attire: Dress To Impress Whom?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘outmoded’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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words
pointingstock, kibosh, turnspit, ant-bear, earthborn, pitter, infold, hayseed, stoker, prismatic, backcross, blizzard and 96 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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Rita's List of Words
preliminary, rudimentary, stance, conduit, locale, implicit, vicissitude, empirical, repository, apophthegm, apothegm, invariable and 431 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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New Words
smarmy, purge, linger, shimmer, fiercely, frantically, shove, grunt, errand, clench, wriggle, squeeze and 168 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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words
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spartan, cram, quill, furor, rampart, enervate, placate, agitate, galvanize, spur, pricker, infuriate and 273 more...
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GRE 3500 O
oblivion, oblivious, obstetrician, obstinate, obstreperous, outlandish, outmoded, obtrude, obtuse, obviate, odious, odorous and 52 more...
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CravinforClavin's Words
bellicose, megalopolis, spurious, interstitial, elegiac, crushing, proselytize, strident, hirsute, peripatetic, stultify, apoplectic and 66 more...
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faded glory
days of yore, once upon a time, obsolete, passé, cliché, démodé, jaded, former glory, bygone, ruined, ancient, decrepit and 45 more...
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difficult-list33
obstreperous, obtrude, obviate, occlude, oculist, odious, odium, officious, oligarchy, omnipotent, omnipresent, onerous and 24 more...
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Outta Here
outfox, outrage, outlandish, outdo, outrigger, outrun, outstretch, outbid, outcry, outtake, output, outrank and 49 more...
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alexschi's list
fervid, umpire, troupe, temerarious, caustic, prelude, firebrand, indocile, tintinnabulation, outmoded, jaunty
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