Meanings
alternative out-of-date
- idiomaticToo old to be used; not current; invalid; having expired.
I can't eat this salad, it's out of date.
2 more examples
My bus pass is out of date — I'll have to go buy a new one.
Owing to the time lag which must occur between the dates of closing for press and publication, it sometimes happens that items of news are out of date, or inaccurate, by the time they reach readers.
1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Steamer Services on the Clyde”, in Railway Magazine, page 50Synonyms: antiquated
- idiomaticNot conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned; outmoded.
The dresses she wears are quite out of date.
Synonyms: archaic, old-fashioned, outdated, parachronistic, unhip, démodé
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseToo old to be used; not current; invalid; having expired.
prepositional phraseNot conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned; outmoded.
antonym(s) of “too old to be used”
Translations
Bulgarian остарял, демодиран
- остарял (ostarjal)too old to be used
- демодиран (demodiran)not conforming to current fashion
Chinese Mandarin 陳舊 /陈旧, 過時的 /过时的
- 陳舊 /陈旧 (chénjiù)too old to be used
- 過時的 /过时的 (guòshí de)too old to be used
- 老式的 (lǎoshì de)too old to be used
- 過期 /过期 (guòqī)too old to be used
- 過時的 /过时的 (guòshí de)not conforming to current fashion
Dutch verouderd, achterhaald
- verouderdtoo old to be used
- achterhaaldtoo old to be used
Finnish vanhentunut, epämuodikas
- vanhentunuttoo old to be used
- epämuodikasnot conforming to current fashion
- vanhanaikainennot conforming to current fashion
French dépassé, démodé
- dépassétoo old to be used
- démodétoo old to be used
- démodénot conforming to current fashion
German veraltet, unmodish
- veraltettoo old to be used
- unmodishnot conforming to current fashion
Greek ξεπερασμένος, ξεπερασμένος
- ξεπερασμένος (xeperasménos)too old to be used
- ξεπερασμένος (xeperasménos)not conforming to current fashion
- ντεμοντέ (ntemonté)not conforming to current fashion
Hindi गतावधिक
- गतावधिक (gatāvdhik)too old to be used
Icelandic úreltur, úreltur
- úrelturtoo old to be used
- úrelturnot conforming to current fashion
Italian datato, desueto
- datatotoo old to be used
- desuetotoo old to be used
- sorpassatotoo old to be used
Japanese 時代遅れの, 旧式の
- 時代遅れの (jidai-okure no)too old to be used
- 旧式の (kyūshiki no)too old to be used
- すたれた (sutareta)too old to be used
- 流行遅れで (ryūkō-okure de)not conforming to current fashion
Latin obsolētus
- obsolētustoo old to be used
Malay lapuk
- lapuktoo old to be used
Māori tūnguru
- tūngurutoo old to be used
Polish nieaktualny, nieaktualny
- nieaktualnytoo old to be used
- nieaktualnynot conforming to current fashion
- niemodnynot conforming to current fashion
- staromodnynot conforming to current fashion
Portuguese defasado, ultrapassado
- defasadotoo old to be used
- ultrapassadotoo old to be used
- desatualizadotoo old to be used
Russian устаре́вший, просро́ченный
- устаре́вший (ustarévšij)too old to be used
- просро́ченный (prosróčennyj)too old to be used
- немо́дный (nemódnyj)not conforming to current fashion
- не в мо́де (ne v móde)not conforming to current fashion
Spanish desfasado, caduco
- desfasadotoo old to be used
- caduconot conforming to current fashion
Turkish eski, kadük
- eskitoo old to be used
- kadüktoo old to be used
- tarihi geçmiştoo old to be used
- demodenot conforming to current fashion
Ukrainian застарілий, старомо́дний
- застарілий (zastarilyj)too old to be used
- старомо́дний (staromódnyj)not conforming to current fashion
- не в моді (ne v modi)not conforming to current fashion
Cite this entry
out of date. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20date
“out of date.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20date. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of date,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20date.
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