outmoded, adj. 1. old-fashioned, out-of-style, unfashionable, out-of-fashion, outdated, out-of-date, out, oldfangled, unmodern, dated, behind the times, Inf. old hat, Inf. back-number, out-of-season, secondhand, used, Inf hand-me-down, Sl. early-Salvation-Army.
2. former, older, previous, foregoing, oldtime, sometime, onetime; stale, fusty, musty, worn, timeworn, moth-eaten, moss-grown, old, hoary, tired, Inf. rinky-dink, Inf. square, Inf. old-fogyish, Inf old-ladyish, Inf. corny, Inf. fuddy-duddy, stodgy, conservative.
3. neglected, forgotten, abandoned, forsaken, old as the hills, remote, vintage, past its prime, Inf. over the hill; prior, earlier, long-forgotten.
4. discredited, refuted, repudiated, renounced, dismissed, spurned, scorned, abjured, discarded, rejected, cast-off, done with, on the shelf, all over with, Inf. has-been, Inf. washed-up, Inf. down the drain, Inf. kaput, Inf. dead, Inf. dead as a doornail, Inf. dead as yesterday's news.
5. retired, lapsed, elapsed, expired, run out, defunct; superseded, replaced, outworn.
6. obsolete, obsolescent, pass£, past, gone by, fallen into disuse, out of use, disused, derelict; quaint, old-world, by-gone, horse-and-buggy, vanished, never to return, Inf. fini, Inf. done for.
7. prehistoric, antiquated, antique, ancient, fossil, fossilized, petrified; anachronistic, anachronous, antediluvian, before the Flood; archaic, archaistic, extinct, Archaic, olden, primitive, atavistic; quondam, erstwhile.
8. traditional, old-line, old-school, conventional, die-hard, nonprogressive, unchanging, backward.
out-of-the-way, adj. 1. distant, remote, secluded, outlying. See - outlying.
2. unusual, uncommon, exceptional, extraordinary, singular, strange, curious, odd; eccentric, irregular, erratic, capricious, flighty, Inf. odd-ball, idiosyncratic, unconventional, original; unheard-of, exotic, rare, rarely seen, once-in-a-lifetime; unparalleled, unexampled, unprecedented, unaccepted, peculiar, abnormal, outlandish, queer, weird.
3. improper, incorrect, false, erroneous, mistaken, wrong, way off the mark, off the mark, on the wrong track, faulty, amiss, remiss, off base, unsound; inappropriate, inapt, unmeet, unfitting, unbefitting; unwarranted, uncalled-for, out of place, out of keeping, inopportune, ill-timed, untimely, infelicitous; unfavorable, incommodious, inconvenient, uncongenial, unlikely; unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, ill-adapted; inexpedient, inadvisable, impractical, inapplicable, un-feasable.
4. unseemly, unbecoming, indecorous; unladylike, ungentlemanly, ungenteel, impolite; undignified, unrefined, inelegant, indelicate; impolitic, imprudent, indiscreet, tactless, injudicious, insensitive, unwise; untoward, off-key, out-of-bounds, out-of-line, out-oforder; vulgar, gauche, uncouth, crude, crass, rude, uncivil, discourteous, in bad taste; coarse, rough, base, tatty, Inf. tacky; ignoble, raffish, low.
5. indecent, immodest, shameless, indelicate; unsuitable, tawdry; gross, rank, repulsive, offensive, disgusting, distasteful, risqud, suggestive, off-color, Inf. blue; outrageous, lurid, sensational, scandalous; shocking, surprising, unexpected, SI. sick; abusive, ribald, scurrilous, profane, foulmouthed; racy, salty, spicy, not fit for mixed company, unprintable, not for a family newspaper; smutty, dirty, obscene, indecent, SI. raunchy; filthy, foul, nasty, scatologic, scatological; loose, prurient, unchaste.
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