How to Use dated in a Sentence

dated

adjective
  • The band's music sounds dated now.
  • The information was quite dated and no longer useful.
  • But avoid the dated look of the 2000s brown walls with shocking crisp white trim.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2022
  • While the sound bar is sleek, the subwoofer may not suit all tastes due to its dated look.
    Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Past the dining room is a dated but roomy kitchen, plus a pantry and mudroom.
    Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • What works on screens today could feel dated in a few years.
    WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Go through, gather up the useless and dated ideas, and then release them to the trash.
    Holiday Mathis, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2021
  • Award show gowns can feel dated, but trying to be edgy reads as try-hard to me.
    Ana Escalante, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Not to make anyone feel dated, but Smith was three years old.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Note that gift tickets are non-dated and valid for 12 months from the date purchased.
    Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Nov. 2022
  • And the kitchen, though a bit dated, is in a separate, windowed room.
    Jenny Xie, Curbed, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Was the message from Rothschild, 67, too dusty and dated?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The black and white photo, dated 1942, shows a woman in a striped dress holding a young child in her lap.
    Laura Studley, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The world has changed, our priorities have changed but the work doesn’t feel dated.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Splash Mountain, the log flume thrill ride themed around the dated and racist 1946 film, will close next month for a remodel.
    Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • While some might carp that the room décor is a little dated, the value was clear to hundreds of guests.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • But some are questioning if, at this time, a dated show like this should be brought back.
    Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
  • No, that doesn’t make Carrie’s story feel dated or read like a polemic.
    Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Some of it feels a little dated, but the sheer force of the filmmaking will always be timeless.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The show includes a fragment from the 1459 Mainz Psalter, the second-oldest dated piece of printing from movable type in the West.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • So why did the brand hold on to their dated and damaging beauty stereotypes for so long?
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Some of the books here feel dated and, at times, maddening; at least one is completely bonkers.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 30 July 2021
  • Their heavy, clunky builds bring dated vibes to office setups.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The triumph of Reaganism made his judgment seem dated, for a while.
    Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Some of it is a little dated now, but the acting and writing will always be brilliant.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2021
  • What is taught today often feels stale, dated, and not fit for the rapidly changing Post-Covid-19 world.
    Rod Berger, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The cut is pure ‘90s—strong shoulders, slightly boxy, a bit dated in its lapel formation.
    Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Timed and dated tickets must be purchased ahead of time online.
    Alison Stanton, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
  • As the space loaded, the stage loaded too -- an old-school desktop home screen showed dated file folders and a moving mouse icon.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
  • And while the old-school look is coveted, the dated technology is not.
    Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2021

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