antiquated
adjective/ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/
/ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/
(usually disapproving)- (of things or ideas) old-fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions synonym outdated
- antiquated legal procedures
- The antiquated heating system barely heats the larger rooms.
- The committee has recommended that all antiquated legal procedures should be simplified.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘old, of long standing’): from ecclesiastical Latin antiquare ‘make old’, from antiquus, anticus ‘former, ancient’, from ante ‘before’.
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