outmoded
UK/.aut'mәudid/US
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Definitions
adj.
No longer fashionable, current, or useful; outdated.
过时的，落伍的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedout-surpassing, external
+
modemeasure, mode, manner, limit
+
-dpast tense / completed
=outmoded
out- (beyond) + mode (manner, fashion) + -d = literally 'put beyond the current mode' — past the present way of doing things, hence out of fashion. See mode.
Common Collocations
- 1.outmoded system过时的系统
- 2.outmoded technology过时的技术
- 3.outmoded ideas过时的观念
Example Sentences
- 1.
The factory still relies on outmoded equipment.
- 2.
Such attitudes are outmoded and out of touch.