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antiquated

[ an-ti-kwey-tid ]

adjective

  1. continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned:

    antiquated attitudes.

  2. no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent:

    The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine.

  3. aged; old:

    antiquated aunts and uncles.



antiquated

/ ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. outmoded; obsolete
  2. aged; ancient


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Derived Forms

  • ˈantiˌquatedness, noun

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Other Words From

  • anti·quated·ness noun
  • un·anti·quated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of antiquated1

First recorded in 1615–25; antiquate + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

During the 1970s, the then brand new F-15A Eagle carried the same antiquated armament as the Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom II.

How an antiquated understanding of race relations results in minority staffers getting the short shrift.

We cannot keep judging mothers by a primitive, antiquated, simplistic standard.

But the hoopla over it reflects some strange and antiquated thinking.

I hesitate to respond to the re-hashing of your antiquated guilt trip on women to get married.

When at table to press your guests to take more than they have inclination for, is antiquated and rude.

Mrs Pike was, fortunately for him, a conscientious person; but her notions were somewhat antiquated.

In the centre of the town stood the old church, antiquated in its appearance, but venerable and holy in its associations.

They speak, or think, of it as of some matter of antiquated prejudice—of stale, conventional observance.

Some dressed themselves in old-fashioned and antiquated clothes which they found in the chambers.

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