as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
his file contained out-of-date information that might have been accurate when he was first hired but is no longer so
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Recent Examples of out-of-date
The agent can also perform hardware and software inventories in real-time, which is handy to understand how far out-of-date machines on your network are and what needs to be patched or upgraded.
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Peter Karlson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There’s nothing worse for a CEO or customer than trying to jump right in with out-of-date information or without an accurate picture of what’s going on.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Many of us have been cleaning with out-of-date vacuum cleaners that don’t suck up dirt effectively.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
As people get more out-of-date with vaccination and the virus mutates, the risk of a severe wave becomes greater.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 19 July 2024
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Peter Karlson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There’s nothing worse for a CEO or customer than trying to jump right in with out-of-date information or without an accurate picture of what’s going on.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Many of us have been cleaning with out-of-date vacuum cleaners that don’t suck up dirt effectively.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
As people get more out-of-date with vaccination and the virus mutates, the risk of a severe wave becomes greater.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 19 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for out-of-date
Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-date
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General and administrative expenses increased to $12.9 million from $11.9 million, primarily due to costs from the company's bi-annual national summit and obsolete inventory expenses.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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However, this rapid transformation also stirs anxiety, with employees worrying their jobs may become obsolete.Cory McNeley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Such a prospect is one that the city’s antiquated water orthodoxy has never managed to fathom.Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ahead of Election Day Cyclorama: The Shape of Things contains a wide spread of imagery: footage on both pro- and anti-segregation riots, recordings from antiquated circus acts featuring a dancing elephant, silhouettes of what appear to be Southern belles in hoop skirts that laugh over tea.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Coppola’s emphasis on white protagonist Cesar is, in Hollywood liberal terms, facile and archaic.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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While Walter’s traditional village represents an archaic and beautiful (though flawed) way of living, Nina’s sojourns into the mountains are like time-traveling to a worse, more restrictive way of life.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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The architecture preserves this history from the medieval Islamic Kasbah of the Udayas to the Colonial-era neighborhoods and beyond.Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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During a proceeding, for example, the College of Cardinals stays in the Casa Santa Marta, an ornate, medieval dormitory where they are fed and tended to by an order of nuns.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Out-of-date.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-of-date. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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