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datedold-fashioned and no longer considered modern or relevant

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: old-fashioned and no longer considered modern or relevant

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈdeɪtɪd/

Korean meaning: 구식의, 시대에 뒤떨어진

Korean pronunciation: **데**이티드

Example Sentences

  • My dad's advice about using a payphone to call girls seems pretty dated now.
  • The professor's teaching methods were so dated that students felt like they were in a time machine.
  • The contract was properly dated and witnessed by two people.

dated

ADJECTIVE

//ˈdeɪtɪd//

old-fashioned and no longer considered modern or relevant

dated concept
💡 Concept

an elderly customer holds up an old flip phone while examining it with confusion. A young store employee shows him a sleek modern smartphone with a touchscreen. The customer looks puzzled by the difference between the two devices. The employee points to various modern features while other customers in the background use current technology. Everyone around them carries modern devices while the old phone looks clunky and primitive. technology that is old-fashioned and no longer considered modern or relevant

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈdeɪtɪd/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈdeɪtɪd/

🌳Etymology

Rootdate
Suffix--ed

Origin

From Latin 'datum' meaning 'something given' or 'a point in time,' which evolved into the English word 'date.' Originally meant 'marked with a date' but developed the meaning 'old-fashioned' as items with older dates came to seem outdated.

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🎵Rhyme

waitedstatedcreatedrelated
waited
stated
created
related

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My dad's advice about using a payphone to call girls seems pretty dated now.

😄 Fun example

The professor's teaching methods were so dated that students felt like they were in a time machine.

The contract was properly dated and witnessed by two people.

She dated him for two years before they broke up.

😄 Fun example

Using fax machines in 2024 makes any office look hopelessly dated.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

outdatedold-fashionedobsoleteantiquatedarchaic

Antonyms

moderncontemporarycurrent

Related

vintageretrotraditionaltimeless