as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness
saw an antiquated hand-cranked rope-making machine at the textiles museum
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Recent Examples of antiquated
Similarly, with the industry under fire, there’s a strong incentive to chip away at antiquated laws that mostly protect entrenched incumbents at the expense of consumers and business innovators.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Today, these antiquated statutes are increasingly being repurposed by governments to suppress opposition by prosecuting speech.
—Stephen Townley, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The case management system used by the federal courts has been hacked multiple times, in part because the system is insecure, antiquated and expensive to operate.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Scandal aside, Penn State football had become antiquated.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Today, these antiquated statutes are increasingly being repurposed by governments to suppress opposition by prosecuting speech.
—Stephen Townley, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The case management system used by the federal courts has been hacked multiple times, in part because the system is insecure, antiquated and expensive to operate.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Scandal aside, Penn State football had become antiquated.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antiquated
Adjective
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Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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But Vermont, unfortunately, has a lot of archaic politics that allow a lot of abuse of wildlife.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Army’s land components are similarly impaired by anemic enlistment figures and obsolete technology.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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But there’s one particularly captivating stretch near Santa Margherita Ligure, between Portofino’s iconic piazzetta and Rapallo’s picturesque carrugi (the town’s warren of narrow medieval streets).—
Francesca Longoni,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Antiquated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antiquated. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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