dated
Americanadjective
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having or showing a date.
a dated record of all meetings.
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out-of-date; old-fashioned.
a nostalgic program of dated songs.
- Synonyms:
- unfashionable, passé, outmoded
adjective
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unfashionable; outmoded
dated clothes
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(of a security) having a fixed date for redemption
Other Word Forms
- datedly adverb
- datedness noun
- undated adjective
Etymology
Origin of dated
Example Sentences
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In an internal memo dated Thursday and obtained by The Times, Thompson urged employees not to “jump to conclusions about the future” and try to concentrate on their work.
From Los Angeles Times
And if a brand feels dated, uninspiring, or slow to innovate, no amount of points, freebies, or app notifications will fix the problem.
From Barron's
“For the entirety of modern economic history, human intelligence has been the scarce input,” Citrini wrote in a post it described as a scenario dated June 2028, not a prediction.
This positions bitcoin as a more long-term play, but in her opinion, current bitcoin doom and gloom will look “as dated as the early internet bubble calls.”
From MarketWatch
The email, which is not dated or timestamped, is signed by Robert Barrera, an attorney who is representing the staffer’s husband.
From Salon
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