Meaning & use
outmoded
No longer fashionable, useful, or accepted by most people; outdated and old-fashioned.
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The factory replaced its outmoded machinery with modern automated equipment.
Many people now see those strict old dress codes as outmoded.
A note on using this word
Outmoded often implies something was once acceptable or standard but has since been replaced by something better.
Words with a similar meaning
obsoletedated
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