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owt-MOHD-id/ˌaʊtˈməʊdɪd/

Outmoded means no longer fashionable or useful; replaced by something newer: an outmoded paper log, outmoded kit. Obsolete (already in the dictionary) is the close twin; a portal gap is still a file hole.

Meaning

No longer fashionable or useful; replaced by something newer (from obsolete, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “An outmoded paper log is still a file if the portal cannot export.”
• “Obsolete is already in this course. Dated is the close twin. A portal is a slogan. A log is a file. Keep the paper until the export works; then archive it if the inspector still allows the sitting.”

Good to know

No longer in use or fashion. Close: obsolete (already in the dictionary). A portal slogan ≠ a file.

Near in meaning

obsolete, dated, old-fashioned

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