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outmoded

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out⋅mod⋅ed

  [out-moh-did]
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–adjective
1. gone out of style; no longer fashionable: outmoded styles.
2. not acceptable by present standards; no longer usable; obsolete: outmoded dwellings; outmoded teaching methods.
Origin:
see outmode, -ed 2

Synonyms:
1. unfashionable, dated, old-fashioned.

out⋅mode

  [out-mohd] verb, -mod⋅ed, -mod⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.
–verb (used without object)
2. to go out of style or become obsolete.
Origin:
1900–05; perh. from the phrase out of mode; cf. F démoder
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out·mode   (out-mōd')   
tr.v.   out·mod·ed, out·mod·ing, out·modes
To cause to become unfashionable or obsolete.
out·mod·ed   (out-mō'dĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Not in fashion; unfashionable: outmoded attire; outmoded ideas.

  2. No longer usable or practical; obsolete: outmoded machinery.

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Word Origin & History

outmoded 
"no longer in fashion, out of date," 1903, from out + mode (q.v.), perhaps formed on model of Fr. démoder.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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