as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
an outdated rotary telephone
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Recent Examples of outdated
California ‘Our own little Y2K’: L.A. County sheriff’s computer dispatch system still down
Jan. 2, 2025
The crash prompted criticism of the department’s outdated computer system and calls to address the issue.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has long struggled with outdated technology.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Embrace your individual freedom and release outdated beliefs.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
From a distance—or maybe just through my outdated prescription—if appeared that Rihanna had gotten a bold, voluminous, softly spiky mullet in a new rich brunette shade with blonder ombré areas that, further down, transitions into her signature dark brown.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Dec. 2024
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has long struggled with outdated technology.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Embrace your individual freedom and release outdated beliefs.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
From a distance—or maybe just through my outdated prescription—if appeared that Rihanna had gotten a bold, voluminous, softly spiky mullet in a new rich brunette shade with blonder ombré areas that, further down, transitions into her signature dark brown.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Dec. 2024
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Where To See The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peak Unlike most meteor showers named after constellations, the Quadrantids derive their name from the obsolete constellation called Quadrans Muralis.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Or maybe someone will come up with a totally new architecture that renders transformers obsolete.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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That led various departments to buy archaic typewriters, 28 kinds of typewriter ribbons, and 132 kinds of pencils.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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In the immediate aftermath of the event, it was reported (including here and here and here), and then spread widely on social media, that this was because Southwest was still using an archaic version of Microsoft Windows that had never received the problematic CrowdStrike update.Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Caustic put-downs of Milton Berle, Jim Henson, and Johnny Carson anticipate the partisan snark by which SNL would pillory Millennial conservatives as non-hip — the antiquated value that has bankrupt stand-up comedy today.Armond White, National Review, 1 Jan. 2025
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The revised plan also addresses issues with small classrooms, undersized and outdated technical education spaces, as well as antiquated gym spaces.Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
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Snaking through 10 countries and four capital cities (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade) before emptying into the Black Sea—the Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, gliding past lush vineyards, medieval fortresses, and fairytale castles that have stood the test of time.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The novel takes place in a fantastical version of the medieval Islamic world, specifically on the Indian Ocean, where the titular captain, Amina, once helmed her own ship and crew.Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Outdated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdated. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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