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• v  make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
  Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth
• s  out of fashion
  demode (or outmoded) attire
  outmoded ideas

• In late 2007 and early 2008, most of the lurching was done by Bernanke and Geithner, and everyone in government has been hobbled by what Paulson calls an "outdated and outmoded set .
• But now that you can IM, e-mail or text pretty much anyone immediately, the Victorian practice seems laughably outmoded, right? Not so, according to a growing number of enthusiasts .
• The projections are already outmoded.

• outmode
• antique
• demode
• ex
• old-fashioned
• old-hat
• passe
• passee

News & Articles

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• Architecture Firms Need To Stop Referring To Junior Employees As 'Interns'
  The title “intern” should be banished from the profession of architecture. It’s about time. It has run its course. It’s outmoded and contributes to a culture of exploitation in the guise of opportunity. Frankly, it makes us look so nineteenth century.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Insider
• Traditional Portfolio Construction Rules No Longer Apply
  By Hal M. Bundrick NEW YORK (MainStreet)--Investment professionals may be losing a bit of their swagger. New research indicates that money managers now fear that the tried-and-true investment principles of the past are outmoded in today's financial markets. These same institutional investors are also wringing their hands over severe market swings, the threat of rising inflation and the challenge ...
  June 11, 2013 - TheStreet.com
• Employers Rework Traditional Vacation Time Model
  Some companies have implemented a novel approach to vacation time benefits, allowing employees the right to buy and sell days as part of a work-perk. This amendment to otherwise outmoded and strict vacation time models permits workers more efficient personal time management, extra days for trips, time with loved ones, or a little more down [...] Employers Rework Traditional Vacation Time Model ...
  June 9, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Antonin Scalia in CNN International
  Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security and where gun violence is a serious problem,Scalia wrote....
• Hamid Karzai in Times of India
  Terrorism in our region feeds on a residual tradition of narrow-minded politics and of pursuing outmoded geo-political interest,Karzai said, which again was a reference to the conviction of Pakistan's political and military establishments...
• Chuck Hagel in International Herald Tribune
  But engaging Cuba in trade is a way to end "an outdated, outmoded, unrealistic, irrelevant policy," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican with a reputation as party maverick. "It's always been nonsensical to me about this argument,...