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outdate

[ out-deyt ]

verb (used with object)

outdated, outdating.
  1. to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete:

    The advent of the steamship outdated sailing ships as commercial carriers.



outdate

/ ˌʊˈɪ /

verb

  1. tr (of something new) to cause (something else) to become old-fashioned or obsolete
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of outdate1

First recorded in 1640–50; probably back formation from outdated
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Granted, it’s fitting that Brooker’s fearmongering approach to speculative fiction should outdate itself; our phones, computers and video game consoles are likewise outdated by tech consumers’ hunger for shiny new toys, which the tech industry is too happy to feed.

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Jenny said she was surprised at the age of the messages, which outdate various vintage crisp packets from the 1990s that she has found on beach cleans.

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National Parks and forests hold some of the last trees that outdate Western society.

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It’s a major step toward replacing the state’s current outdate voting machines, which offer no auditable paper trail.

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Richard Kerr, who is the chair of the RCS's commission on the future of surgery, said the continued use of the outdate technology by the NHS was "absurd".

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