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单词 outmoded
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Definition of outmoded in English:

outmoded

adjective aʊtˈməʊdɪdˌaʊtˈmoʊdəd
  • Old-fashioned.

    过时的,老式的

    an outmoded Victorian building
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the early 1990s the authorities froze the project because of lack of funding and outmoded technology.
    • Such twaddle is outmoded and a sure formula for disappointment.
    • I'm outmoded in this city of nouveau riche values and consumer durables.
    • For some, this is an outmoded concept, almost a quaint one.
    • You may think of them as quaint or outmoded, but vanity units are incredibly useful in maintaining the look of a clutter-free bathroom.
    • Many organizations fail to disband outdated or outmoded processes.
    • Property rates are an outmoded method of raising revenue as people's incomes are no longer related to the property that they live in.
    • Historically both are central to the sides they represent but they should be no more than that, just outmoded symbols of a past which should be left behind.
    • My only cavil is that I would have liked to see her in a part which gave her greater scope to display her abilities, rather than in this outdated and outmoded piece.
    • To some, the sculpture park will seem an outmoded concept.
    • I am suggesting that claims toward a kind of universal truth are not outmoded.
    • Today, the risks of not knowing more about your customers mean that traditional methods of surveying us are increasingly outmoded.
    • But at the same time they talked down the prospects for electrification as though it was yesterday's outmoded solution.
    • It would have forced us to re-vamp our outmoded taxation system.
    • But then, who gives a toss for outmoded aesthetics these days, eh?
    • Failure to do so will mean that outmoded services and practices will prevail and that improvements in the patient experience will not be achieved.
    • Costumes are cultural repositories; they are antiquated, outmoded images of a nostalgised past.
    • So it's a pretty dubious and in fact now a completely outmoded term.
    • Luckily, there's still plenty of outmoded and simplistic theories.
    • Isn't it time to declare all such vessels outmoded, obsolete and a danger to peace?
    Synonyms
    out of date, old-fashioned, outdated, out of fashion, outworn, dated, behind the times, ancient, archaic, antiquated, obsolescent, dead, obsolete, disused, defunct, abandoned, tired, exhausted, stale, hackneyed, superannuated
    French passé
    informal old hat, out of the ark

Derivatives

  • outmodedness

  • noun
    • What's incredibly useful in these photographs now is not just their attention to the medium of photography, but their attention to this medium in such a space of extreme outmodedness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is precisely this defiant sense of outmodedness that, ironically, gives the film and its characters such an edge.

Rhymes

spring-loaded, unexploded

Definition of outmoded in US English:

outmoded

adjectiveˌoutˈmōdədˌaʊtˈmoʊdəd
  • Old-fashioned.

    过时的,老式的

    an outmoded Victorian building
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You may think of them as quaint or outmoded, but vanity units are incredibly useful in maintaining the look of a clutter-free bathroom.
    • Today, the risks of not knowing more about your customers mean that traditional methods of surveying us are increasingly outmoded.
    • Such twaddle is outmoded and a sure formula for disappointment.
    • So it's a pretty dubious and in fact now a completely outmoded term.
    • For some, this is an outmoded concept, almost a quaint one.
    • In the early 1990s the authorities froze the project because of lack of funding and outmoded technology.
    • I'm outmoded in this city of nouveau riche values and consumer durables.
    • Luckily, there's still plenty of outmoded and simplistic theories.
    • Many organizations fail to disband outdated or outmoded processes.
    • Property rates are an outmoded method of raising revenue as people's incomes are no longer related to the property that they live in.
    • It would have forced us to re-vamp our outmoded taxation system.
    • But then, who gives a toss for outmoded aesthetics these days, eh?
    • But at the same time they talked down the prospects for electrification as though it was yesterday's outmoded solution.
    • Isn't it time to declare all such vessels outmoded, obsolete and a danger to peace?
    • My only cavil is that I would have liked to see her in a part which gave her greater scope to display her abilities, rather than in this outdated and outmoded piece.
    • Failure to do so will mean that outmoded services and practices will prevail and that improvements in the patient experience will not be achieved.
    • I am suggesting that claims toward a kind of universal truth are not outmoded.
    • To some, the sculpture park will seem an outmoded concept.
    • Historically both are central to the sides they represent but they should be no more than that, just outmoded symbols of a past which should be left behind.
    • Costumes are cultural repositories; they are antiquated, outmoded images of a nostalgised past.
    Synonyms
    out of date, old-fashioned, outdated, out of fashion, outworn, dated, behind the times, ancient, archaic, antiquated, obsolescent, dead, obsolete, disused, defunct, abandoned, tired, exhausted, stale, hackneyed, superannuated
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