out+of+date

  • 1out of date — UK US adjective (also out of date [only before noun]) ► laws, systems, processes, etc. that are out of date are no longer useful or correct because they are not based on recent changes or developments: »Current regulations are out of date.… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2out-of-date — ˌout of ˈdate adjective things that are out of date are old, and therefore cannot be used or are not correct, fashionable etc: • complaints about out of date information used by credit bureaus • These regulations are totally out of date in today… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3Out of date — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4out-of-date — adj. 1. same as {old fashioned}, a., 2. Syn: antique, demode, old fashioned, old hat(predicate), outmoded, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Unacceptable because it is inferior to current… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5out-of-date — out of dateness, n. /owt euhv dayt /, adj. gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out of date fashions; out of date ideas. [1620 30] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 6out-of-date — index obsolete, outdated, outmoded Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 7out of date — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, abjured, ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number, beforehand, behind the times, behind time, behindhand, dated, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, early,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8out of date — {adj. phr.} Old fashioned; superseded; no longer valid; too old to be used. * /Father s suit is out of date; he needs a new one./ * /The news magazines in the doctor s office were all out of date./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 9out of date — {adj. phr.} Old fashioned; superseded; no longer valid; too old to be used. * /Father s suit is out of date; he needs a new one./ * /The news magazines in the doctor s office were all out of date./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 10out of date — adjective a) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded. My bus pass is out of date Ill have to go buy a new one. b) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old fashioned …

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