as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
his file contained out-of-date information that might have been accurate when he was first hired but is no longer so
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Recent Examples of out-of-date
This underinformed and out-of-date article could have offered a good-faith exploration of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Nevertheless, the public transportation coalition continues using the out-of-date $771 million fiscal cliff projections only months before 40% service reductions become real.
—Maurice Scholten, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Oftentimes, on-sale, co-op, or conservation-organization seed are actually out-of-date seed that can’t be sold at full price.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
In February, Elon Musk brought attention to the out-of-date records by sharing a spreadsheet that highlighted discrepancies.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Nevertheless, the public transportation coalition continues using the out-of-date $771 million fiscal cliff projections only months before 40% service reductions become real.
—Maurice Scholten, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Oftentimes, on-sale, co-op, or conservation-organization seed are actually out-of-date seed that can’t be sold at full price.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
In February, Elon Musk brought attention to the out-of-date records by sharing a spreadsheet that highlighted discrepancies.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-date
Adjective
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Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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By learning from these craftspeople, AIs can now replace them in offering advice, thus threatening to render the original human experts obsolete.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While traditional wisdom may say to avoid white linen pants after Labor Day, fashion-forward travelers ditched that antiquated rule years ago.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Sep. 2025
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So there is nothing to displace the antiquated image of a pyramid of boxes that remains implanted in our brains.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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
Adjective
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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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“Out-of-date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-of-date. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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