How to Use outdated in a Sentence

outdated

adjective
  • The Vietnam War was over, and the folk music of the 1960s was starting to seem outdated.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Laura isn’t a mean girl with prom-queen dreams; that’s the outdated model.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • And these aren't just some boring or outdated properties — these are the worst of the worst from coast to coast.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2021
  • The rest is up in the air and parts of it are outdated, meaning it was built in the first half of the last century and of a lower voltage.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
  • But in this new version of the NBA, that thinking could be a little outdated.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Uncle Brownie, like his old, dry, outdated ditch weed, seems to be stuck in a rut.
    — Kali Simmons, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Our textbooks were more than 10 years old and outdated.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The rankings list, which features 100 MBA programs around the world, found that the degree is far from outdated.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Dispose of outdated computers, cell phones and any item with a cord or that takes a cord.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Dispose of outdated computers, cell phones and any item with a cord or that takes a cord.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for the mayor, slammed the audit as outdated and wrong.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • If your rustic country kitchen feels outdated, add a fresh coat of paint.
    — Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2023
  • And that, to put it mildly, is not just an outdated but also wrong account of what our Founders gave us.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 May 2022
  • Eight of Cups: Virgo, in April you will be tasked with walking away from an outdated way of being.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2022
  • This was his team with his outdated offense and his coaches.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • A lot of the guidelines for what that analysis should look like are pretty outdated.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Also, maybe the Taste of Brooklyn is a little bit outdated.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 1 June 2022
  • Since most cards are capable of much, much faster speeds, this symbol is a bit outdated.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2022
  • There are loads of gadgets to upgrade your outdated ones or to gift those on your holiday list this year.
    — Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • At the time, many allies waved his concerns away as outdated Cold War thinking.
    — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • So, yes, the British monarchy is strange and outdated and an endless gristmill for tabloid gossip.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
  • Replace smoke detectors at least every 10 years: Don't place your life in the hands of an outdated smoke alarm.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2024
  • She’s been there so long she’s cycled through the big roles (a key solo) and still appears front and center on the very outdated press photos.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Get rid of outdated barrettes and clips and accessories that don’t work or are broken.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 July 2023
  • How are workers able to catch up to an outdated labor law system?
    — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Are these outdated and outlandish tropes called upon as well?
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The episode’s final and arguably best sketch flipped an outdated stereotype.
    — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2022
  • There was one outdated brick building and no restrooms.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Functional furniture can revamp a narrow balcony, an outdated porch, or a bare backyard.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The traditional pillars of education — reading, writing and arithmetic — have not merely been sidelined; they are now regularly diminished as outdated or insufficient in the face of more fashionable trends.
    — William P. Yeakel, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025

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