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OUTDATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outdated mean?
• OUTDATED (adjective)
The adjective OUTDATED has 1 sense:
1. old; no longer valid or fashionable
Familiarity information: OUTDATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old; no longer valid or fashionable
Synonyms:
out-of-date; outdated; superannuated
Context example:
out-of-date ideas
Similar:
noncurrent (not current or belonging to the present time)
Context examples
An outdated term referring to non-Hodgkin lymphomas made up of large abnormal lymphoid cells.
(Histiocytic lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
The study suggests that such services identify gender based on outdated stereotypes.
(Facial recognition software has a gender problem, National Science Foundation)
The guidelines we have today are outdated and don’t reflect current evidence on healthy eating.
(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)
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