How to spell out-of-date

hear it/'aʊtəv'deɪt/adjectivePrefixes and work

What it means: No longer current, useful, or fashionable.

In a sentence: The old phone is out-of-date and won't play new games.

Same family: outdated, update, up-to-date, date, dating. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The phrase “out-of-date” comes from the older noun sense of “date,” meaning a set time or deadline. Something that has passed its date—like old food labels or expired documents—came to be called “out-of-date,” and the expression later spread to styles, ideas, and technology.

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