Our policies and systems are getting outdated and need revising, but to try to swap horses while crossing a stream might be dangerous.
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Outdated
/aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/
Synonyms for "outdated" (153 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (31)
Adjective(19 words)
obsoleteanachronisticancientancient civilizationancient codesancient constructionancient eraancient historyancient history curriculaancient history syllabusancient legal codeancient manuscriptancient peopleancient personancient remainsancient romearchaic addressarchaic wordbackward
Noun(3 words)
age oldancient artifactsancient past
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (46)
Adjective(21 words)
behind the timescreakydateddated electronicsdated ideadated materialsdated practicedead systemdead systemsdecrepitdemodedeprecateddiscarded ideadustierdustiesteducational stagnationexpiredfossil-likemedievalmedieval kingdom
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medieval term
Verb(5 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most ancient ruins
Related words (76)
not worth savingobsolescentobsoleteoldold hatold-fashionedold-timeyoldfangledon the shelfoutout of dateout of fashionout of seasonout of useout-of-dateoutmodedoutwornpast usepensioned offprimate
Adjective(27 words)
obsolete ideaobsolete methodobsolete termobsolete toolsold classificationold dataold fashionedold kingdom phase labelingold methodsold partold powderold-fashionedoldest kingdomout-of-dateoutmodedpasséprehistoricprehistoric animalsprehistoric society toolsprevious
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Noun(10 words)
octogenarianoutmoded ideaphased outprehistoric erarattletrapspeech impairedstone agesuperannuatingsuperseded texttranssexual
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
prehistorically remote contexts
Pronoun(1 words)
thou art variant
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesMore specific
7 entriesCollocations
5 entriesoutdated curriculumoutdated dataoutdated informationoutdated mapoutdated technology
Inflections
2 entriesmore outdatedmost outdated
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 7 languages.
Georgian
2 entries- ძალადაკარგული adj (superseded)
- ხმარებიდან გამოსული adj (superseded)
Greek
1 entries- απαρχαιωμένος adj (superseded)
Italian
2 entries- non aggiornato adj (superseded)
- superato adj (superseded)
Māori
1 entries- tūnguru adj (superseded)
Portuguese
1 entries- desatualizado adj (superseded)
Russian
2 entries- устаре́вший adj (superseded)
- устаре́лый adj (superseded)
Ukrainian
1 entries- застарілий adj (superseded)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The legislators of that state did away with outdated laws.
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The computer was so outdated that it was good for nothing.
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It's about time we did away with this outdated law.
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