Antiquated
adjective
Old and not useful, relevant, or effective anymore.
The computer system is antiquated and needs replacing.
Often appears as...
- antiquated system
- antiquated machinery
adjective
Old and not useful, relevant, or effective anymore.
The computer system is antiquated and needs replacing.
Often appears as...
- antiquated system
- antiquated machinery
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Usually implies something is inefficient due to being old, without the charm of vintage or classic items.
Despite the firm's success, they still use an antiquated filing system.
Pro Tip 2/3Upgrade Needed
Often suggests that the item or system should be replaced with a newer, more effective version.
Our school's antiquated textbooks lack the latest scientific discoveries.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparative Context
Helpful in contrasting an old method with a more modern, often superior, alternative.
Smartphones have rendered antiquated rotary phones nearly obsolete.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Usually implies something is inefficient due to being old, without the charm of vintage or classic items.
Despite the firm's success, they still use an antiquated filing system.
Pro Tip 2/3Upgrade Needed
Often suggests that the item or system should be replaced with a newer, more effective version.
Our school's antiquated textbooks lack the latest scientific discoveries.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparative Context
Helpful in contrasting an old method with a more modern, often superior, alternative.
Smartphones have rendered antiquated rotary phones nearly obsolete.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Usually implies something is inefficient due to being old, without the charm of vintage or classic items.
Despite the firm's success, they still use an antiquated filing system.
Pro Tip 2/3Upgrade Needed
Often suggests that the item or system should be replaced with a newer, more effective version.
Our school's antiquated textbooks lack the latest scientific discoveries.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparative Context
Helpful in contrasting an old method with a more modern, often superior, alternative.
Smartphones have rendered antiquated rotary phones nearly obsolete.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
So I think we need to start moving towards smart agriculture. There are also some antiquated laws where if you don't use your water, you will lose it. So, there are farmers in this area that are growing five-six cuttings of alfalfa and actually shipping it to Asia, because they don't want to lose their water even though they don't need the money. So, in some ways we are actually
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
comes from the rock record that you pull from the earth so you've got to do that you've got to support that work and you've got to train new generations of people not just in the new techniques which are you know popular and easy but in the hard work of describing the anatomy right which is a venerable field and sometimes seen as antiquated which is absolutely
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Defining cyberwarfare...i...
feeble cybersecurity, and the antiquated state of the power grid all contributed to the deaths of the civilians. Could the country fight back? Who would they fight? And would their retaliation be considered an act of war? Do they constitute war crimes against humanity? Who is to be held responsible?
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Jake Wood: A new mission...
we realized something. Military veterans are very, very good at disaster response. And coming home, my cofounder and I, we looked at it, and we said, there are two problems. The first problem is there's inadequate disaster response. It's slow. It's antiquated. It's not using the best technology,
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Is civility a sham? PIPE...
And I think it explains why partisans on both sides of the aisle keep reaching for this, frankly, antiquated, early modern language of civility precisely when they want to communicate that certain people and certain views are beyond the pale,
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Climate change is...
the single biggest threat of climate change is the collapse of food systems. The reality we face, one that was exposed by those mountains of potatoes and the cars lined up during the pandemic, is that our supply chains are antiquated.
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Inside the Doomsday...
and a communications area the upper deck houses a crew rest area and flight deck where some of the instruments are surprisingly low-tech the flight deck itself looks fairly antiquated but there are some reasons for having analog
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On choosing to be gay PIPE...
we shouldn't force families to conform to some antiquated image we should transform our laws and norms to recognize and reflect the full diversity of families and that means that single parents and grandparents raising their
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Revolutions 101 PIPE...
the people of France initiated their own revolt. Several factors, including economic difficulties and an antiquated feudal system that fueled social inequalities all contributed to the dissent.
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Why should you read...
And the poet himself received his own belated, earthly redemption in 2008, when the city of Florence finally revoked Dante’s antiquated exile.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
So I think we need to start moving towards smart agriculture. There are also some antiquated laws where if you don't use your water, you will lose it. So, there are farmers in this area that are growing five-six cuttings of alfalfa and actually shipping it to Asia, because they don't want to lose their water even though they don't need the money. So, in some ways we are actually
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
comes from the rock record that you pull from the earth so you've got to do that you've got to support that work and you've got to train new generations of people not just in the new techniques which are you know popular and easy but in the hard work of describing the anatomy right which is a venerable field and sometimes seen as antiquated which is absolutely
Video examples
Defining cyberwarfare...i...
feeble cybersecurity, and the antiquated state of the power grid all contributed to the deaths of the civilians. Could the country fight back? Who would they fight? And would their retaliation be considered an act of war? Do they constitute war crimes against humanity? Who is to be held responsible?
Video examples
Jake Wood: A new mission...
we realized something. Military veterans are very, very good at disaster response. And coming home, my cofounder and I, we looked at it, and we said, there are two problems. The first problem is there's inadequate disaster response. It's slow. It's antiquated. It's not using the best technology,
Video examples
Is civility a sham? PIPE...
And I think it explains why partisans on both sides of the aisle keep reaching for this, frankly, antiquated, early modern language of civility precisely when they want to communicate that certain people and certain views are beyond the pale,
Video examples
Climate change is...
the single biggest threat of climate change is the collapse of food systems. The reality we face, one that was exposed by those mountains of potatoes and the cars lined up during the pandemic, is that our supply chains are antiquated.
Video examples
Inside the Doomsday...
and a communications area the upper deck houses a crew rest area and flight deck where some of the instruments are surprisingly low-tech the flight deck itself looks fairly antiquated but there are some reasons for having analog
Video examples
On choosing to be gay PIPE...
we shouldn't force families to conform to some antiquated image we should transform our laws and norms to recognize and reflect the full diversity of families and that means that single parents and grandparents raising their
Video examples
Revolutions 101 PIPE...
the people of France initiated their own revolt. Several factors, including economic difficulties and an antiquated feudal system that fueled social inequalities all contributed to the dissent.
Video examples
Why should you read...
And the poet himself received his own belated, earthly redemption in 2008, when the city of Florence finally revoked Dante’s antiquated exile.
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Jochen Zeitz
German Businessman
I call upon governments to start supporting companies to use more sustainable materials in their products instead of continuing with antiquated incentives, such as import duties on synthetic materials that are in principle much higher compared with those placed on leather goods regardless of the environmental footprint.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
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Ashton Kutcher
American Actor
We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will.
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Karren Brady
British Public Servant
I think it's a very old fashioned attitude, that you've got to wear short skirts and a lot of make up to get on in life. I think most women look at that and laugh. I think those are antiquated views from a bygone age that thankfully is no longer around.
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Dick Fosbury
American Athlete
I adapted an antiquated style and modernized it to something that was efficient. I didn't know anyone else in the world would be able to use it and I never imagined it would revolutionize the event.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
We have significant work to be done. We have old, antiquated systems. Remember the 8-track tape player? Think of that as our core system, and we're living in a world where everybody has an iPhone.
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Ted Sarandos
American Businessman
The current distribution model for movies, in the U.S. particularly, but also around the world, is pretty antiquated relative to the on-demand generation that we're trying to serve.
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Robert Redford
American Actor
The Right has such antiquated ideas - if they took charge, I think they'd want to close the parks, open the land up for development. It's an ongoing battle to keep the parks strong.
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Ellen Glasgow
American Novelist
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.
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Jochen Zeitz
German Businessman
I call upon governments to start supporting companies to use more sustainable materials in their products instead of continuing with antiquated incentives, such as import duties on synthetic materials that are in principle much higher compared with those placed on leather goods regardless of the environmental footprint.
Quote examples
Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
Quote examples
Ashton Kutcher
American Actor
We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will.
Quote examples
Karren Brady
British Public Servant
I think it's a very old fashioned attitude, that you've got to wear short skirts and a lot of make up to get on in life. I think most women look at that and laugh. I think those are antiquated views from a bygone age that thankfully is no longer around.
Quote examples
Dick Fosbury
American Athlete
I adapted an antiquated style and modernized it to something that was efficient. I didn't know anyone else in the world would be able to use it and I never imagined it would revolutionize the event.
Quote examples
Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
We have significant work to be done. We have old, antiquated systems. Remember the 8-track tape player? Think of that as our core system, and we're living in a world where everybody has an iPhone.
Quote examples
Ted Sarandos
American Businessman
The current distribution model for movies, in the U.S. particularly, but also around the world, is pretty antiquated relative to the on-demand generation that we're trying to serve.
Quote examples
Robert Redford
American Actor
The Right has such antiquated ideas - if they took charge, I think they'd want to close the parks, open the land up for development. It's an ongoing battle to keep the parks strong.
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Ellen Glasgow
American Novelist
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
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Lake Bell
American Actress
Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.
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