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dated

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Editorial note

The article is dated back to October 2003 it would have been nice to mention it in the title.

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Quick take

Outdated.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Outdated.

adjective

No longer fashionable.

adjective

Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dated.

Example sentences

1

The article is dated back to October 2003 it would have been nice to mention it in the title.

2

This was news to me (the UTR is dated 2015-06-09) but I found that it had been discussed on the web previously.

3

Relational algebra is beautiful and elegant, but SQL is a dated, '70s-y syntax on top of that.

4

But other people felt the look was dated, and well over-due for a refresh.

5

That article was dated Mar 31, 2014, so I assumed that they switched the configuration option by 14.10.

6

Whether or not you are serious, indeed they should have something in the works for a standard whose draft specification is dated today.

7

This dated usage has fortunately fallen pretty much completely out of common usage.

8

If it were signed copy, more clearly dated, with some quantitative indicators they'd done deeper research, it'd come closer to impressive for me.

9

I can't believe the IE team hasn't implemented a standard whose draft specification is dated today.

10

You experience is probably dated as they are changing things quite fast.

11

I like how failing to implement a standard dated today makes it a legacy browser.

12

They're here to stay, calling them ridiculous marks you as dated.

Quote examples

1

It means "very foolish or stupid." 'retarded' in it's dated usage is offensive, but it wasn't being used in that sense in the repo in question.

2

But yeah, it will seem rather "iconic" and dated 10 years from now.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dated in a sentence?

The article is dated back to October 2003 it would have been nice to mention it in the title.

What does dated mean?

Outdated.

What part of speech is dated?

dated is commonly used as adjective.