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Definition of out of date in English: out of dateadjective 1Old-fashioned. everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date Example sentencesExamples - American schools, he said, were dangerously underfunded and out-of-date, and needed community support if the United States was not to slip behind other nations.
- While much of the analysis shouldn't be described as obsolete, it can reasonably be considered out-of-date.
- It's difficult to say whether the film would have been better had it gone before cameras three or four years ago but, by 2005, it feels creaky and out-of-date.
- I hope he means ‘tired’ as in passé or out-of-date.
- There has to be some form of reform because the current system is out-of-date.
- Those seeking to abuse the fast-developing connected digital era are mediated by archaic laws based on out-of-date concepts.
- Councils point out they receive only a third of the money in council tax, the bulk coming direct from central Government by way of the standard spending assessment, which its critics say is based on flawed and out-of-date principles.
- After hundreds of years, these presents may sound out-of-date, but at the same time, they are still symbols of love, friendship and affection - indispensable to all.
- Which will seem more quaint, out-of-date, or stupid?
- My sisters and I wore out-of-date clothing and matching dresses.
- Focusing on the amorphous concept of social justice is all very well, but failing to see, or treat seriously, the link between economic prosperity and social advancement is evidence of blinkered and out-of-date thinking.
- They had done their homework and cared little about the details, the stripped-down, out-of-date interior of my mother's quaint little ranch.
- Left unmentioned is that that tiny force would have out-of-date weaponry, a laughable command structure, culture barriers, and zero political will to fix any of these problems.
Synonyms old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, musty, old-time, old-world, behind the times, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated defunct, medieval, prehistoric, antediluvian, old-fogeyish, old-fangled, backward-looking, quaint, anachronistic, crusted, feudal, fusty, moth-eaten, olde worlde French démodé, vieux jeu, passé informal old hat, square, not with it, out of the ark, creaky, clunky, mouldy North American informal horse-and-buggy, rinky-dink, mossy archaic square-toed - 1.1 No longer valid or relevant.
Example sentencesExamples - After a long and tedious afternoon's work, all the out-of-date raisins and lentils have been chucked and the kitchen cupboards have been restored to order.
- The council's food safety team has dealt with about 160 complaints in the past year, covering foreign objects found in food, out-of-date foods and contaminated food.
- The skipper had an out-of-date fire extinguisher and a hand-held portable radio with a flat battery.
- They included an out-of-date passport and references from people who were unable to verify clinical skills.
- ‘I would advise all businesses that sell such food to ensure they have adequate, effective procedures in place to prevent out-of-date food being served,’ he added.
- The report sent over from Italy removed the out-of-date names (one of the key reasons they were spotted later as forgeries) and replaced them with the correct names.
- We have moved the signs from an out-of-date planning line to the edge of the true danger area.
- ‘Science is very fast-moving and teachers who graduated just five years ago will have very out-of-date science knowledge,’ he said.
- Londoners were forced to reorder new stationery three times in ten years, and many businesses around the capital still have out-of-date phone numbers engraved prominently on their shop-fronts.
- Dates will be checked periodically, and out-of-date kegs will be pulled.
- He said: ‘What is the point of having this equipment if it does not work, cannot be used in court and is totally out-of-date?’
- Reports from Italy yesterday suggested he may have been travelling on an out-of-date passport in his old name.
- Nobody seems to know just what to do with chemists’ controlled drugs which are out-of-date or have been returned by patients.
- The cartons, which were labelled with a ‘use by’ date of 11 January, were already six days out-of-date.
- It has developed a pioneering ‘Speed Awareness Course’ where drivers receive a lecture partly based upon the out-of-date stopping and braking distances found in the Highway Code.
- Both use terms and dating criteria inconsistently and contain inaccuracies or out-of-date information that will confuse the general reader.
- Market timing involves a similar but somewhat grayer procedure, which at bottom also depends on exploiting out-of-date prices that new information has made obsolete.
Synonyms superseded, obsolete, no longer current/topical, stale, expired, extinct, lapsed, elapsed, run out, invalid, void, null and void
Definition of out of date in US English: out of dateadjectiveˈˌaʊd əv ˈdeɪtˈˌoud əv ˈdāt 1Old-fashioned. everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date Example sentencesExamples - While much of the analysis shouldn't be described as obsolete, it can reasonably be considered out-of-date.
- Which will seem more quaint, out-of-date, or stupid?
- It's difficult to say whether the film would have been better had it gone before cameras three or four years ago but, by 2005, it feels creaky and out-of-date.
- I hope he means ‘tired’ as in passé or out-of-date.
- They had done their homework and cared little about the details, the stripped-down, out-of-date interior of my mother's quaint little ranch.
- Councils point out they receive only a third of the money in council tax, the bulk coming direct from central Government by way of the standard spending assessment, which its critics say is based on flawed and out-of-date principles.
- Those seeking to abuse the fast-developing connected digital era are mediated by archaic laws based on out-of-date concepts.
- Focusing on the amorphous concept of social justice is all very well, but failing to see, or treat seriously, the link between economic prosperity and social advancement is evidence of blinkered and out-of-date thinking.
- American schools, he said, were dangerously underfunded and out-of-date, and needed community support if the United States was not to slip behind other nations.
- After hundreds of years, these presents may sound out-of-date, but at the same time, they are still symbols of love, friendship and affection - indispensable to all.
- Left unmentioned is that that tiny force would have out-of-date weaponry, a laughable command structure, culture barriers, and zero political will to fix any of these problems.
- There has to be some form of reform because the current system is out-of-date.
- My sisters and I wore out-of-date clothing and matching dresses.
Synonyms old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, musty, old-time, old-world, behind the times, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated - 1.1 No longer valid or relevant.
your passport is out of date Example sentencesExamples - ‘I would advise all businesses that sell such food to ensure they have adequate, effective procedures in place to prevent out-of-date food being served,’ he added.
- It has developed a pioneering ‘Speed Awareness Course’ where drivers receive a lecture partly based upon the out-of-date stopping and braking distances found in the Highway Code.
- Reports from Italy yesterday suggested he may have been travelling on an out-of-date passport in his old name.
- Londoners were forced to reorder new stationery three times in ten years, and many businesses around the capital still have out-of-date phone numbers engraved prominently on their shop-fronts.
- The cartons, which were labelled with a ‘use by’ date of 11 January, were already six days out-of-date.
- The council's food safety team has dealt with about 160 complaints in the past year, covering foreign objects found in food, out-of-date foods and contaminated food.
- They included an out-of-date passport and references from people who were unable to verify clinical skills.
- We have moved the signs from an out-of-date planning line to the edge of the true danger area.
- The skipper had an out-of-date fire extinguisher and a hand-held portable radio with a flat battery.
- ‘Science is very fast-moving and teachers who graduated just five years ago will have very out-of-date science knowledge,’ he said.
- Market timing involves a similar but somewhat grayer procedure, which at bottom also depends on exploiting out-of-date prices that new information has made obsolete.
- Both use terms and dating criteria inconsistently and contain inaccuracies or out-of-date information that will confuse the general reader.
- After a long and tedious afternoon's work, all the out-of-date raisins and lentils have been chucked and the kitchen cupboards have been restored to order.
- Nobody seems to know just what to do with chemists’ controlled drugs which are out-of-date or have been returned by patients.
- The report sent over from Italy removed the out-of-date names (one of the key reasons they were spotted later as forgeries) and replaced them with the correct names.
- Dates will be checked periodically, and out-of-date kegs will be pulled.
- He said: ‘What is the point of having this equipment if it does not work, cannot be used in court and is totally out-of-date?’
Synonyms superseded, obsolete, no longer current, no longer topical, stale, expired, extinct, lapsed, elapsed, run out, invalid, void, null and void
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