antiquated

American  

[an-ti-kwey-tid] / ˈæn tɪˌkweɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned.

   antiquated attitudes.

2. no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent.

   The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine.

3. aged; old.

   antiquated aunts and uncles.

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antiquated British  

/ ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd /

adjective

1. outmoded; obsolete

2. aged; ancient

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Related Words

See ancient ¹.

Other Word Forms

• antiquatedness noun
• unantiquated adjective

Etymology

Origin of antiquated

First recorded in 1615–25; antiquate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Theaters will become antiquated, and the demand for home theaters will skyrocket.

From The Wall Street Journal

Either way, the hodgepodge of conferences we have today is antiquated, a relic of a broken cable TV model.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Bill Plaschke waxes nostalgic, the rest of us slog down the 10 Freeway from Westwood, through downtown, up into the far northeast corner of L.A., to the antiquated monument that is the Rose Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times

Lowering your energy bills used to be a matter of switching from oil to natural gas or swapping out an antiquated AC.

From The Wall Street Journal

Classes had not been held in those rooms for many a year, but they still contained some antiquated laboratory equipment—enough to do some mixing and simmering, at least.

From Literature

Related Words

• ancient
• archaic
• old-fashioned
• out-of-date
• outmoded