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outmoded

adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,306 of 15,258neutral

Outmoded means no longer in use because better ways exist. Outmoded methods, outmoded attitudes, look outmoded.

It says something has been overtaken rather than that it never worked, which is a fairer criticism than it sounds. The mode in it is the French for fashion, so outmoded is out of fashion with the practical part meant seriously.

Definitions of outmoded

  1. 1adjectiveoutmodedNo longer in use because better ways exist.C2

    “The factory still uses outmoded machines that break down every week.”

outmoded is a quality.

Where it comes from

outmode comes from out- + mode.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

outmoded in the wild

  • Leighton stated in 2013 that "The whole Tuvan culture was disappearing because it was outmoded, shall we say, under the Soviet system.

    Tuva or Bust!

  • The Seafang was outmoded by jet aircraft, and only 18 were built.

    Supermarine Seafang

  • The land and sea do offer much potential, but profit margins are barely beyond sustenance due to outmoded equipment, lack of proper storage and poor transportation.

    Dame-Marie, Haiti

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.