outdated

Example Sentences

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An additional 20% had glasses with outdated prescriptions, according to internal data, Carroll said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He began to genuinely like his characters, fusty and outdated as many of them were.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

If eligibility for schemes is based on faulty or outdated data, the number of beneficiaries can be misjudged, distorting delivery.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In reality, replication studies require significant time, resources, and careful experimentation, and meaningful scientific questions do not become outdated so quickly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

It was a cheap publication, aimed at minor gentlemen and farmers, the sort of thing that is used for lighting fires once it becomes obviously outdated.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton