outdatedness
State of obsolescence
Outdatedness is the quality of being obsolete or no longer current.
The word describes anything that has fallen behind the times—technology, fashion, ideas, or methods: The outdatedness of the equipment was obvious.
It's the noun form of outdated, useful when you need to name the condition rather than just describe it.
No longer available
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
- defunctNo longer existing
extinct · abandoned · discarded · phased-out · replaced · outmoded · legacy · end-of-life
Belonging to earlier times
- ancientVery old indeed
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- fustyStale from disuse
- mustyStale from dampness
timeworn · hoary · superannuated · outworn · moth-eaten · cobwebbed · creaky · decrepit
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- yesteryearTime not long past
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
classic · time-honored · heirloom · ancestral · old-school · traditional · antique · period
discontinued
No longer available
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
defunct · extinct · abandoned · discarded · phased-out · replaced · outmoded · legacy · end-of-life · unsupported
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
- ancientVery old indeed
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- fustyStale from disuse
musty · timeworn · hoary · superannuated · outworn · moth-eaten · cobwebbed · creaky · decrepit · moldy
retro
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- yesteryearTime not long past
heritage · classic · time-honored · heirloom · ancestral · old-school · traditional · antique · period · historical
unstylish
Lacking fashionable appeal
dowdy · square · passé · démodé · stodgy · fuddy-duddy · old-hat · tasteless · gauche · tacky
- uncool traitsnerdiness, geekiness, awkwardness, lameness, dorkiness
outdatednessmodernity
Being of present times
currentness · contemporaneity · up-to-dateness · newness · freshness
outdatednessinnovativeness
Quality of introducing newness
advancement · progressiveness · modernization · sophistication · modernity
outdatednessrelevance
State of mattering here
pertinence · applicability · appropriateness · validity · currency
date, dated, update, dating, outdated, updated, updating, predate, postdate