Dated

//ˈdeɪtɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of date form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked with a date.

    "The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922."

  2. 2
    Outdated.

    ""Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."

  3. 3
    Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

    "Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else."

  4. 4
    No longer fashionable.

    "Slang can become dated very quickly."

  5. 5
    Alotted a span of days. obsolete

    "Then ſtrike vp Drum, and al the ſtarres that make The loathſome Circle of my dated life, Direct my weapon to his barbarous heart, That thus oppoſeth him againſt the Gods, And ſcornes the Powers that gouerne Perſea."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
outdatedunfashionablebackwardagoahead of timeanachronistic

Example

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"Here is our answer to your fax message dated April 1st."

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short-dated

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