Outdated - English meaning

adjective

Very old or old-fashioned.

Usage examples:

Prisons are run on archaic methods

adjective

Late or slow in doing something.

Usage examples:

The yoruba have not been behindhand in economic activity

adverb

Late in doing something or slower doing something than expected

Usage examples:

I worked late last night because i was behindhand with my accounts.

adjective

Belonging to an earlier time.

Usage examples:

Relics of a bygone age

noun

A thing dating from an earlier time.

Usage examples:

The museum consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones

adjective

Belonging to or happening in a past time

Usage examples:

The empty factories are relics of a bygone era.

adjective

Marked with a date.

Usage examples:

A signed and dated painting

verb

Establish or ascertain the date of (an object or event).

Usage examples:

They date the paintings to 1460–70

adjective

Showing the facts or style of the past rather than of the present

Usage examples:

This information is dated.

adjective

Having previously been a particular thing.

Usage examples:

Her former boyfriend

noun

A person or thing that forms something.

Usage examples:

An opinion-former

adjective

Of an earlier time, but not now

Usage examples:

The former president lives on his ranch., of the two suggestions, i prefer the former.

adjective

Having a stale, mouldy, or damp smell.

Usage examples:

A dark musty library

adjective

Smelling old and slightly wet

Usage examples:

A musty room

adjective

Becoming obsolete.

Usage examples:

Obsolescent equipment

adjective

Having lived for a long time; no longer young.

Usage examples:

The old man lay propped up on cushions

Having lived for a long time or attained a specific age

adjective

Not modern; belonging to or typical of a time in the past

Usage examples:

Old-fashioned clothes/ideas/music, she’s old-fashioned (= her views are typical of the past, not th…

adjective

Used to describe things from a long time ago

Usage examples:

Old-time dancing, old-time movie theaters

noun

The part of the world consisting of europe, asia, and africa that europeans knew about before christopher columbus traveled to the americas

adverb

Moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden.

Usage examples:

He walked out into the street

preposition

Non-standard contraction of out of.

Usage examples:

He ran out the door

adjective

Not at home or at one's place of work.

Usage examples:

If he called, she'd pretend to be out

adjective

Old-fashioned.

Usage examples:

An outmoded victorian building

adjective

Past participle of outwear.

verb

Last longer than.

Usage examples:

A material that will outwear any other waterproof sheeting

adjective

Gone by in time and no longer existing.

Usage examples:

The danger is now past

noun

The time before the moment of speaking or writing.

Usage examples:

She found it hard to make ends meet in the past

preposition

To or on the further side of.

Usage examples:

He rode on past the crossroads

adjective

Not fashionable or popular at a particular time.

Usage examples:

They lived in an unfashionable part of london

adjective

Not modern or popular

Usage examples:

They paid less for the house because it was in an unfashionable part of town.