antiquated

English

Etymology

From antiquate +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd/

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Adjective

antiquated (comparative more antiquated, superlative most antiquated)

1. old-fashioned, out of date
   • 1918, Arthur Balfour, Response to Woodrow Wilsons Speech of 11 February 1918:

     Coming to the third proposition, von Hertling says, with justice, that the doctrine of the balance of power is a more or less antiquated doctrine.

   • 2022 November 16, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Haines: fares reform essential to reclaim lost revenue”, in RAIL, number 970, page 20:

     A root-and-branch reform of our antiquated passenger fares system is urgently needed if the rail industry is to fill the £2 billion annual black hole in its finances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Usage notes

Said of abstract concepts (such as doctrines, notions, ideas, principles, opinions, philosophies, methods, and words), but also of physical objects such as doors and maps.

Synonyms

• backward, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Derived terms

• antiquatedly
• antiquatedness
• unantiquated

Related terms

• antic
• ancient
• antiquary
• antiquarian
• antiquation
• antique
• antiquity

Translations

old fashioned

• Arabic: عَتِيق (ʕatīq), بَالٍ (bālin)
• Bulgarian: остарял (bg) (ostarjal), старомоден (bg) (staromoden)
• Catalan: antiquat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過時的／过时的 (zh) (guòshí de), 陳舊的／陈旧的 (zh) (chénjiù de)

• Finnish: vanhanaikainen (fi)
• French: vieilli (fr)
• German: antiquiert (de), veraltet (de)
• Ido: antiqua (io)
• Irish: seanchaite
• Italian: antiquato (it)
• Japanese: 古風な (ja) (こふうな, kofū na)
• Korean: 구식의 (ko) (gusigui)
• Portuguese: antiquado (pt)
• Russian: устаре́вший (ru) (ustarévšij), устаре́лый (ru) (ustarélyj), старомо́дный (ru) (staromódnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антикни

  Roman: antikni (sh)

• Spanish: anticuado (es)
• Swedish: föråldrad (sv), gammalmodig (sv), antikverad (sv), urmodig (sv)
• Vietnamese: cũ (vi)

Anagrams

• aquatinted