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antiquated

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an·ti·quat·ed  (nt-kwtd)
adj.
1. Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded. See Synonyms at old.
2. Very old; aged: "The antiquated Earth, as one might say,/Beat like the heart of Man" William Wordsworth.
anti·quated·ness n.
antiquated
Adjective
obsolete or old-fashioned [Latin antiquus ancient]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.antiquatedantiquated - so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
archaic, antediluvian
old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
antiquated
adjective obsolete, old, aged, ancient, antique, old-fashioned, elderly, dated, past it (informal) out-of-date, archaic, outmoded, passé, old hat, hoary, superannuated, antediluvian, outworn, cobwebby, old as the hills << OPPOSITE up-to-date
Translations
Spanish antiquated [ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd] adj → anticuado
French antiquated [ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd] adj → vieilli(e) → suranné(e) → vieillot(te)
German antiquated [ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd] adj → antiquiert
Italian antiquated [ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd] adj → antiquato/a
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He soon appeared before the city with a corps of ten thousand troops, and finding it a fit occasion, as he had secretly intended from the beginning, to revive an antiquated claim, on the pretext that his ancestors had suffered the place to be dismembered from his territory,[1] he took possession of it in his own name, disarmed, and punished the inhabitants, and reannexed the city to his domains.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Its surface is dotted all over with little conical prominences, looking not unlike the knobs, on an antiquated church door.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
It was by this well that Jesus sat and talked with a woman of that strange, antiquated Samaritan community I have been speaking of, and told her of the mysterious water of life.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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