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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

/ ˈæԳɪˌɱɪɪ /

adjective

  1. outmoded; obsolete
  2. aged; ancient
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳپˌܲٱԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • t·ܲt·Ա noun
  • ܲ·t·ܲe adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antiquated1

First recorded in 1615–25; antiquate + -ed 2
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While an entire subsection of the U.K. population worried about their equal rights being stripped away by antiquated thinking and baseless conspiracy theories, Rowling sat back with a smirk.

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Even more disturbing, the cases were brought under an antiquated World War I era law called the Espionage Act of 1917.

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Experienced large-bus mechanics were tough to find, and so were the antiquated parts they needed.

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The only stipend in his line of work is the antiquated allowance that's given to the poet laureate.

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I have criticized the fact that many of those cases transpired under the draconian, antiquated Espionage Act and targeted government employees for alleged press disclosures made in the public interest.

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