outmodes

Renders no longer current

Outmodes means to make something obsolete or outdated.

Technology outmodes older technology; new ideas outmode old ones.

Digital streaming has outmoded physical media.

The word emphasizes displacement—what was once current or fashionable has been pushed aside by something newer.

technological

obsoletes

Causes to become outdated

deprecates · upgrades · displaces · phases out · retires · sunsets · modernizes · innovations · digital · advances

fashion

dates

Calendar numbers or courtship

trends · fads · seasons · collections · hemlines · silhouettes · vintage · retro · old-fashioned · démodé

cultural

traditions

Long-established customs passed down

  • customsTraditional practices or import taxes
  • practicesRepeated training sessions
  • ritualsCeremonial repeated practices

conventions · norms · attitudes · beliefs · values · generations · shifts · evolves · transforms · abandons

Opposites
currency/relevance

outmodesmodernizes

Makes new again

updates · refreshes · renews · revitalizes · reinvigorates

technological/stylistic progression

outmodesrevives

Restores vigor or consciousness

restores · resurrects · futureproofs · reintroduces · brings back

Family

outmoded, outmode, outmoding, outmodedness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G