MEANING
So old in form or practice that it seems outdated or no longer suited to current needs.
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Obsolete household systems, inherited customs, institutions resisting change.Link age to impaired usefulness rather than age alone.
Words that belong together
- antiquated rules
- antiquated machinery
- antiquated heating system
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The antiquated heating system warmed only the servants' rooms.
She challenged the estate's antiquated rules for unmarried women.
An antiquated lock still secured the modern filing cabinet.
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- Base
- antiquated
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Evaluative, unlike antique, which may be valuable or admired; not every old object is antiquated. Comparative more antiquated; superlative most antiquated. Derived noun antiquation is uncommon.
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