out-of-date

[ out-uhv-deyt ]

adjective

1. gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete:

   out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.

out of date

adjective

1. no longer valid, current, or fashionable; outmoded

Other Words From

• out-of-dateness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of out-of-date¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

The 4th of July has been reactionary, chauvinistic, and out-of-date since 1776.

From The Daily Beast

What they did have were out-of-date textbooks, leaky roofs, and no heat.

From The Daily Beast

Certainly not all Republican political leaders fall into the offensive and out-of-date category with respect to social issues.

From The Daily Beast

It was a very particular kind of out-of-date but flashy style, that Croatian superfly kind of thing.

From The Daily Beast

A lot of the most important data in the gun debate is unsatisfactory and is out-of-date.

From The Daily Beast

These severally were supposed to include the full-blown racer, the out-of-date racer, and the ordinary cruiser.

From Project Gutenberg

The old-fashioned fortress, suddenly made "out-of-date" by the Skoda mortars, was usually armed with guns of the naval type.

From Project Gutenberg

They're so stodgy and unconvincing and as out-of-date as tunes in music.

From Project Gutenberg

In the reading-room two or three members turned over the out-of-date papers—but there is really no date in Faloo.

From Project Gutenberg

If he now revives an out-of-date pattern of goods, for the sole sake of change, this is Degeneracy.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• antiquated
• archaic
• obsolete
• outmoded