Outmoded — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete

out of fashion

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/aʊtmˈoʊdᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/aʊtmˈəʊdɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/aʊtmˈəʊdɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /aʊtmˈoʊdᵻd/.

Examples

Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth
a suit of rather antique appearance
demode (or outmoded) attire

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

old-hat old-fashioned passee antique outmode demode ex passe

Parts of Speech

verb	make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete “Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth”
adjective	out of fashion “a suit of rather antique appearance”

Word Forms

old-fashionedness

noun

the property of being no longer fashionable

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

veraltet

unmodern, veraltet oder veraltet machen

🇫🇷French

démodé

rendre démodé, dépassé ou obsolète

🇪🇸Spanish

anticuado

hacer pasado de moda, anticuado u obsoleto

🇮🇹Italian

antiquato

rendere fuori moda, antiquato o obsoleto

🇳🇱Dutch

verouderd

ouderwets, achterhaald of achterhaald maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

obsoleto

tornar fora de moda, desatualizado ou obsoleto

🇷🇺Russian

устаревший

сделать немодным, устаревшим или устаревшим

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अप्रचलित

अप्रचलित, पुराना या अप्रचलित बनाना

🇧🇩Bengali

অপ্রচলিত

ফ্যাশনেবল, সেকেলে বা অপ্রচলিত করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

காலாவதியானது

நாகரீகமற்ற, காலாவதியான அல்லது வழக்கற்றுப் போனதாக ஆக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

కాలం చెల్లిన

నాగరికంగా, కాలం చెల్లిన లేదా వాడుకలో లేనిదిగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

कालबाह्य

फॅशनेबल, कालबाह्य किंवा अप्रचलित बनवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

જૂનું

ફેશનેબલ, જૂનું અથવા અપ્રચલિત બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಳೆಯದು

ಫ್ಯಾಶನ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗದ, ಹಳತಾದ ಅಥವಾ ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാലഹരണപ്പെട്ടു

ഫാഷനല്ലാത്തതോ കാലഹരണപ്പെട്ടതോ കാലഹരണപ്പെട്ടതോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੁਰਾਣੇ

ਗੈਰ-ਫੈਸ਼ਨਯੋਗ, ਪੁਰਾਣਾ, ਜਾਂ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

فرسودہ

غیر فیشن، فرسودہ، یا متروک بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陈旧

使不流行、过时或过时

🇯🇵Japanese

時代遅れの

時代遅れ、時代遅れ、時代遅れにする

🇰🇷Korean

시대에 뒤떨어진

유행에 뒤떨어지거나, 구식이거나, 쓸모없게 만들다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lỗi thời

làm cho không hợp thời trang, lỗi thời hoặc lỗi thời

🇹🇭Thai

ล้าสมัย

ทำให้ไม่ทันสมัย ล้าสมัย หรือล้าสมัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kuno

membuat ketinggalan zaman, ketinggalan jaman, atau usang

🇵🇭Filipino

luma na

gawing hindi uso, luma, o hindi na ginagamit

🇲🇾Malay

ketinggalan zaman

menjadikan tidak bergaya, ketinggalan zaman atau usang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عفا عليها الزمن

جعلها غير عصرية أو قديمة أو عفا عليها الزمن

🇮🇷Persian

منسوخ شده

غیر مد، منسوخ یا منسوخ شود

🇹🇷Turkish

modası geçmiş

modası geçmiş, modası geçmiş veya modası geçmiş hale getirmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מיושן

להפוך לא אופנתי, מיושן או מיושן

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