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antiquated adjective [ ˈantɪkweɪtɪd ]

• old-fashioned or outdated.
• "this antiquated central heating system"
Similar: outdated, out of date, outmoded, behind the times, old-fashioned, archaic, anachronistic, superannuated, outworn, ancient, antediluvian, primitive, medieval, quaint, old-fangled, obsolescent, obsolete, prehistoric, passé, démodé, vieux jeu, out of the ark, fossilized, as old as the hills, creaky, clunky, mouldy, past its/one's sell-by date, antwacky, horse and buggy, mossy,
Opposite: current, modern, up to date,
Origin: late 16th century (in the sense ‘old, of long standing’): from ecclesiastical Latin antiquare ‘make old’, from antiquus (see antique).


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