outmoded

adjective

out·​mod·​ed ˌau̇t-ˈmō-dəd 

1

: not being in style

2

: no longer acceptable, current, or usable

outmoded customs

Synonyms

• antiquated
• archaic
• dated
• démodé
• demoded
• fossilized
• kaput
• kaputt
• medieval
• mediaeval
• moribund
• mossy
• moth-eaten
• neolithic
• Noachian
• obsolete
• out-of-date
• outdated
• outworn
• passé
• prehistoric
• prehistorical
• rusty
• Stone Age
• superannuated

Examples of outmoded in a Sentence

outmoded computers that can be recycled

Recent Examples on the Web

Replacing outmoded pipes with modern materials aligns with public policy and is the right thing to do for our customers and the environment. —Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025

The better, more-daring version of Get Hard would scuttle political correctness, gay panic, and outmoded ideas about what constitutes masculinity. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025

Sauer, accordingly, enlists the evolutionary history of morality on behalf of what, in much of the twentieth century, seemed a quaint and outmoded notion: moral progress. —Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024

Only in the outmoded and undemocratic Electoral College count will there be a crush. —Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

outmoded

adjective

out·​mod·​ed (ˈ)au̇t-ˈmōd-əd 

: no longer acceptable, usable, or fashionable

outmoded beliefs