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outmoded

[out-moh-did] / ˌaʊtˈmoʊ dɪd /


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At the same time, Xi had to contend with an outmoded command structure that was seen as susceptible to corruption and ill-equipped to fight modern wars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The wall text quotes Mr. Walther acknowledging that it was their systematic documentation of outmoded industrial structures that first got him interested in photography, and his collection includes many examples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The chips also are outmoded for some AI applications compared to the company’s top-of-the-line Blackwell series, which are still subject to a U.S. export ban.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

Calling it a picture of the American dream would be reductive, diminishing all of the work that Escola has done to apply it to an outmoded path toward prosperity.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

At that very moment, for example, Will was inside the walls of the Ashers’ apartment building, navigating with the help of an outmoded dumbwaiter that probably no one but him knew existed anymore.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff




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