pas ‧ sé /ˈpæseɪ, ˈpɑː- $ pæˈseɪ/ BrE AmE adjective formal
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: past participle of passer ; ⇨ ↑ pass 1 ]
no longer modern or fashionable
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THESAURUS
▪ unfashionable not popular or fashionable at the present time – used especially about people’s ideas, beliefs, and way of life:
They lived in an unfashionable part of London.
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Marriage has become unfashionable in some countries.
▪ out of fashion no longer fashionable – used especially about clothes, styles, and behaviour:
Miniskirts have been in and out of fashion over the years.
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Leather jackets had never fallen out of fashion (=become unfashionable) .
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He used to be a smoker until smoking went out of fashion.
▪ dated used for describing things which were fashionable and modern at one time but are starting to look unfashionable or old now:
The hotel needs to improve its dated interior.
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The show seems dated now.
▪ passé no longer fashionable – used especially about ways of doing and thinking about things. A rather formal use:
The musicals and light comedies for which she was known have become passé.
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Some of his ideas about food are a bit passé.
▪ something is so last year informal used when saying that something is now very unfashionable – a very informal use:
Blogging is already starting to feel so last year.
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The resort is overcrowded and so last year.