out of date

See also: out-of-date

English

Alternative forms

• out-of-date (adjective before noun only)

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

out of date

1. (idiomatic) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded.

   My bus pass is out of date — I'll have to go buy a new one.

   I can't eat this salad, it's out of date.

   • 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Steamer Services on the Clyde”, in Railway Magazine, page 50:

     Owing to the time lag which must occur between the dates of closing for press and publication, it sometimes happens that items of news are out of date, or inaccurate, by the time they reach readers.

2. (idiomatic) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned.

   The dresses she wears are quite out of date.

Synonyms

• (to old to be used): antiquated, archaic, old-fashioned, outdated, parachronistic; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
• (not conforming to the current fashion): démodé, old-fashioned, unhip; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

Antonyms

• up to date
• (antonym(s) of "too old to be used"): in date

Translations

too old to be used

• Bulgarian: остарял (bg) (ostarjal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陳舊／陈旧 (zh) (chénjiù), 過時的／过时的 (zh) (guòshí de), 老式的 (zh) (lǎoshì de), 過期／过期 (zh) (guòqī)

• Dutch: verouderd (nl), achterhaald (nl)
• Finnish: vanhentunut (fi)
• French: dépassé (fr), démodé (fr)
• German: veraltet (de)
• Greek: ξεπερασμένος (el) (xeperasménos)
• Hindi: गतावधिक m (gatāvdhik)
• Icelandic: úreltur m
• Italian: datato (it) m, desueto (it) m, sorpassato (it) m
• Japanese: 時代遅れの (ja) (じだいおくれの, jidai-okure no), 旧式の (ja) (きゅうしきの, kyūshiki no), すたれた (sutareta)
• Latin: obsolētus
• Maori: tūnguru
• Polish: nieaktualny (pl)
• Portuguese: defasado (pt), ultrapassado (pt) m, desatualizado (pt) m
• Russian: устаре́вший (ru) (ustarévšij), просро́ченный (ru) (prosróčennyj)
• Spanish: vencido (es) m, desactualizado m, desfasado (es) m
• Turkish: eski (tr), kadük (tr), tarihi geçmiş
• Ukrainian: застарілий (zastarilyj)

not conforming to current fashion

• Bulgarian: демодиран (bg) (demodiran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過時的／过时的 (zh) (guòshí de)

• Finnish: epämuodikas, vanhanaikainen (fi)
• French: démodé (fr)
• German: unmodish
• Greek: ξεπερασμένος (el) (xeperasménos), ντεμοντέ (el) (ntemonté)
• Icelandic: úreltur m
• Japanese: 流行遅れで (りゅうこうおくれで, ryūkō-okure de)
• Polish: nieaktualny (pl)
• Russian: немо́дный (ru) (nemódnyj), не в мо́де (ne v móde)
• Turkish: demode (tr)
• Ukrainian: старомо́дний (staromódnyj), не в моді (ne v modi)