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adjective
- 1. old-fashioned or outdated: "this antiquated central heating system"
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The meaning of ANTIQUATED is outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted. How to use antiquated in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Antiquated.
adjective. uk / ˈæn.tɪ.kweɪ.tɪd / us / ˈæn.t̬ə.kweɪ.t̬ɪd / Add to word list. old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society: It will take many years to modernize these antiquated industries. Compared with modern satellite dishes, ordinary TV aerials look positively antiquated. antiquated ideas / attitudes / values.
old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society: It will take many years to modernize these antiquated industries. Compared with modern satellite dishes, ordinary TV antennas look positively antiquated. antiquated ideas / attitudes / values. antiquated laws / machinery / technology. Synonyms. antediluvian humorous. archaic.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective antiquated, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Something is antiquated when it is so old, it's like an antique or recognizable from another era and has the negative feel of being thoroughly outmoded. Things like typewriters, sealing wax for letters, and ideas of proper etiquette all seem antiquated in modern society.
Definition of antiquated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
antiquated. (æntɪkweɪtɪd ) adjective. If you describe something as antiquated, you are criticizing it because it is very old or old-fashioned. [disapproval] Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving.
1. Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded. See Synonyms at old. 2. Very old; aged: "They were always chippering and chatting to each other, like a pair of antiquated house-sparrows" (Harriet Beecher Stowe). an′ti·quat′ed·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Antiquated definition: continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned. See examples of ANTIQUATED used in a sentence.
If you describe something as antiquated, you are criticizing it because it is very old or old-fashioned.
