antiquated

[ an-ti-kwey-tid ]

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.

antiquated

/ ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd /

adjective

1. outmoded; obsolete
2. aged; ancient

Derived Forms

• ˈantiˌquatedness, noun

Other Words From

• anti·quated·ness noun
• un·anti·quated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of antiquated¹

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

Synonym Study

See ancient ¹.

Example Sentences

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Chris McCausland has told the BBC that people's views of disabilities are "antiquated".

From BBC

In the years following the American and French Revolutions, when calls for liberty from England and equality among citizens still echoed across the new nation, pro-slavery thinkers in the United States had little appetite for openly associating slavery and racial hierarchy with an antiquated European medieval feudal order.

From Salon

Rancho libertarians were seen as antiquated vendidos — sellouts — who would drown in the progressive blue wave that had covered California due to GOP xenophobia and that was now spreading across the country.

From Los Angeles Times

On floor 7½ of an antiquated New York City office building, hidden behind a filing cabinet, is a small portal that leads into the head of actor John Malkovich.

From Los Angeles Times

Vance and other Republicans as “weird” for their obsession with invading privacy, constraining rights, making up people to get mad at, and, of course, pushing antiquated and illiberal visions of a Christian nationalist idyll, with a white male overclass enforcing its dominance by any means necessary.

From Slate

Related Words

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• out-of-date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