Meanings
comparative more out-of-date · superlative most out-of-date
- alternativeAlternative form of out of date.
This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year.
1954 August, “Marshalling Yard Reorganisation, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 5701 more example
The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles.
1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveold; no longer valid or fashionable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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