adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an old-fashioned/outdated expression
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The old-fashioned expression 'in the family way' means to be pregnant.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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outdated equipment
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Outdated laws and regulations are failing to keep crime on the Internet in check.
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Outdated textbooks, decrepit buildings, overcrowded classrooms - the list of problems is long and growing.
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a rebel army, equipped only with outdated Russian weapons
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an outdated passport
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It is hard to run a business with outdated equipment.
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teaching methods that were hopelessly outdated
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The image of the civil service as a male, middle class bastion is now outdated .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After having introduced the outdated 1973 valuations, at some stage it would have a nationwide revaluation.
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Delegation was essentially a means of attempting to adjust planning machinery to an outdated local government system.
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He explained that union membership was an outdated rule.
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It is an outdated and inefficient system, which is not appropriate for this type of work.
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Prescriptivists are seen as blind adherents to outdated norms of formal usage.
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The ferries were safe but too often they were outdated and uncomfortable.
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Times were not good, we had basically clung to outdated ideas and we were on the verge of closing.
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Which outdated drugs are still used?