démodé
adj/ˌdeɪməʊˈdeɪ/
Etymology Borrowed from French démodé.
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Outdated, old-fashioned.
- If, in the foregoing rapid summary, it has not always been possible to speak with uniform gravity, it is that, to-day, the main issue of Cecilia’s story has become—as the author’s own Captain Aresby would now have said—a little démodé.1903, Henry Austin Dobson, Fanny Burney:
- “And the Vicar's wife too. Dear, all this is weeks and weeks old; I suppose it has only just reached the Vicarage. Do let us be up-to-date. Physical culture has been quite démodé since last Thursday.”1914, A. A. Milne, “Merely Players”, in Once a Week:
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- Leisure travel will have to rescue the railways because commuting is becoming démodé and viewed with suspicion/mistrust by modern-day employees.2021 November 17, “Open Access: Stumbling blocks to attracting more passengers”, in RAIL, number 944, page 65: