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OUT-OF-DATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out-of-date mean? 

OUT-OF-DATE (adjective)
  The adjective OUT-OF-DATE has 1 sense:

1. old; no longer valid or fashionableplay

  Familiarity information: OUT-OF-DATE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUT-OF-DATE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old; no longer valid or fashionable

Synonyms:

out-of-date; outdated; superannuated

Context example:

out-of-date ideas

Similar:

noncurrent (not current or belonging to the present time)


 Context examples 


Once in London, she gave us the slip, and, as I say, left these out-of-date jewels to pay her bills.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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