outdated

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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require significant time, resources, and careful experimentation, and meaningful scientific questions do not become outdated so quickly.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It has run various projects to digitize and share the archives publicly before, which have resulted in incomplete, outdated and user-unfriendly databases, but still says it wants to do it itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Turner described their partnership as: “Republican and Democrat team up to fight outdated software for elections. Oh, my!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The government said it hopes to speed up decision making by stripping away "outdated regulations and overlapping consultations" as part of cuts to red tape.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

His smelly old swallowtail coat was hopelessly outdated by then, but he wouldn’t hear of parting with it.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly