ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAantiquated
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antiquated
Meaning: so old-fashioned that it is no longer useful or suitable
antiquated in a sentence
How antiquated is used in real sentences:
The office finally replaced its antiquated filing system with a digital archive.
Critics argued that the antiquated rule no longer reflected life in a modern city.
“He studied antiquated conservation manuals, discarding their obsolete recipes only after learning what earlier experts expected to find.”
— from the passage The Counterfeit Lesson
Synonyms for antiquated
Other words for antiquated — obsolete, outdated and archaic — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of antiquated
Words that mean the opposite of antiquated:
- modern
- current
- contemporary
Where it comes from
From Latin antiquatus, meaning 'made old or ancient.'
Memory hook
ANTIQUATED contains ANTIQUE: something antiquated belongs to an earlier age.
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