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antiquated Definition

an·ti·quated (-id)

adjective

  1. no longer used or useful; obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, etc.
  2. aged

antiquated Synonyms

antiquated

modif.

old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, obsolescent; see old 2, 3, old-fashioned. See syn. study atold.

antiquated Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • comparison: On the one hand it is notably antiquated in comparison with our own ( muggle ) world.

Preposition: as

  • skirt: The budget of 1950 will undoubtedly make the present one look as antiquated as the hobble skirt.

Modifies a noun

  • notion: But let's put to bed once and for all this antiquated notion of patients being treated in the NHS.
  • location: Access to the until antiquated locations shopped even tho.
  • attitude: Nothing I had heard or seen during my six weeks in Russia so outraged me as this brutal and antiquated attitude toward the child.
  • law: All the time this antiquated law remains in place, the facts presented here will be kept from the majority of the people.
  • system: The problem is the antiquated system they are forced to use.
  • equipment: The most striking thing about the turbine room was the antiquated equipment in use; most of it was installed around the mid 1960's.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: My mission is to redefine the somewhat antiquated profile of the squash player to a more dynamic, powerful, modern athletic one.
  • rather: This rather antiquated system is, however, a crucial part of the setting of prices for metal commodities throughout the world.
  • now: The IT system in the offices at Loughborough is now antiquated.
  • slightly: While I complain away about the slightly antiquated sound of Marcy Playground it's only because the music scene is changing so quickly.
  • so: It's why Europeans drink so much wine and beer as their water systems are so antiquated or bad.
  • tastefully: The table has been hand made in England and tastefully antiquated and distressed to give a wonderful aged patina.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Not a single line of this manifesto has become antiquated.
  • seem: The test took too long and it seems antiquated in these modern times.
  • look: Nevertheless, given the rapid advance of mobile phone technology, they look adequately antiquated to meet many purchasers ' needs.
  • feel: One immediate consequence of this is that Tinker, Tailor... feels somewhat antiquated, of belonging in some distant, unfamiliar time.
antiquated Quotes

We can now look forward with something like confidence to the time when war between civilised nations will be considered as antiquated as a duel.

—Gooch, George Peabody