outmode
Definition
Verb: 1. To make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete: To cause something to become no longer modern, useful, or acceptable because newer, better, or more fashionable things have been developed.
Usage
The verb "outmode" describes the action of rendering something old-fashioned or no longer in use. It is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object (the thing that is made obsolete). It is often used in the context of technology, fashion, ideas, or methods being replaced by newer alternatives.
Examples
- The invention of the smartphone outmoded many standalone devices like MP3 players and basic digital cameras.
- New safety regulations have outmoded the factory's old manufacturing equipment.
- Her groundbreaking research outmoded the previous theories in the field.
Advanced Usage
- Passive Voice: Often used to describe the state of being obsolete.
- Typewriters were outmoded by the personal computer.
- As an Adjective (Outmoded): The past participle is commonly used as an adjective meaning "old-fashioned" or "obsolete."
- The company abandoned its outmoded business practices.
Variants and Related Words
- Outmoded (adj): No longer modern, useful, or fashionable; obsolete.
- They struggled to compete with outmoded technology.
Synonyms
- Obsolete: To cause to become out of date.
- Supersede: To take the place of (something older or less effective).
- Make obsolete: To cause to be no longer used.
Antonyms
- Modernize: To make modern or up to date.
- Update: To make something more modern or current.
Verb
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make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
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Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth
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