out of dateadj.n.adv.

1589 tr. J. de Frégeville Reformed Politicke 62 True it is that the literall ceremonies are growen out of date, but Gods promises depend not thereupon: but contrariwise God him selfe faith: I neede not your sacrifices, your Sabaoths, or your new Moones.

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater Prol. sig. A2 Inductions are out of date, and a Prologue in Verse is as stale, as a blacke veluet Cloake.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxvi. sig. G3^v Hee sweares olde out of date innocent othes.

a1684 R. Leighton Serm. in Wks. (1868) 528 This was to him out-of-date useless stuff.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §13 432 With his wire-drawn Slanders and out-of-date Reflections.

1755 Connoisseur No. 60. ⁋1 Housewifely accomplishments are now quite out of date among the polite world.

1798 J. O'Keeffe Man Milliner i. i. 322 Monsieur here, sends me a faded out-of-date French affair.

1857 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 395/1 That is no reason why she should shock the risible nerves of one generation, by shewing up to them the out-of-date costume of another.

1887 Spectator 19 Mar. 395/1 There are chapters in this out-of-date book that deserve to be studied.

1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 Aug. 132/1 This column..is apt to specialise in the out-of-date.

1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant i. 8 They'd sent the news to an out-of-date address.

1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 13/3 Of 157 shops surveyed by Northamptonshire food inspectors, one in eight were selling out-of-date stock.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C2 A course hempen rayle about her shoulders, borrowed of the one ende of-a hop-bag, an apron made of Almanackes out of date.

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Boulloigne v. 213 Soone will it hap..That clearer much your valour of high rate Will shine, while that from hence it bideth farre, And Campe will seeme (you wanting) out of date.

1667 N. Billingsley Treasury Divine Raptures 85 Vertue alas! is look'd upon of late, But as a Calender grown out of date.

1725 E. F. Haywood Injur'd Husband 205 His present Benefactress, whose Charms begin now to grow out of Date, and almost of as little Reputation as her Virtue.

1793 F. Reynolds Dramatist Prol. These Modes howe'er are alter'd, and of late, Beef, but not Modesty, is out of Date.

1847 N. P. Willis Misc. Wks. 163 The number..would exert a sufficient influence by their example to prevent the standard fashion from ever appearing out of date.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 530 A thing which had altogether gone out of date.

a1891 H. Melville Billy Budd iv, in Wks. (1924) XIII. 22 A certain kind of displayed gallantry be fallen out of date as hardly applicable under changed circumstances.

1920 T. S. Eliot Sacred Wood 121 The word ‘honour’ in such a situation is out of date.

1996 Sky & Telescope Sept. 53/3 I'd prefer to take a broad view, choosing works that deal with the big picture and won't go out of date.