# dated

Pronunciation: say "DAY-tid" /ˈdeɪtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Belonging to an earlier time and superseded by something more current; out of date.
   - Simple: Old and no longer used because something newer has replaced it.
   - _The lab's dated instruments gave readings nobody trusted anymore._
   - _Many of the report's recommendations are dated and need revising._
2. No longer in fashion or considered stylish.
   - Simple: Not in style anymore because tastes have changed.
   - _The restaurant's dated décor hadn't changed since the seventies._
   - _Critics called the album's production dated and overly polished._
3. Bearing a date that has been written, printed, or stamped onto it.
   - Simple: Having a date written or printed on it.
   - _Only a dated receipt would be accepted as proof of purchase._
   - _Each dated entry in the ledger recorded a single transaction._
5. Anachronistic; clearly out of place because it belongs to a different time than its present setting.
   - Simple: Clearly belonging to the wrong time, so it looks out of place now.
   - _The novel's dated assumptions about technology undercut its futuristic plot._
   - _Her formal, dated phrasing seemed lifted from a century-old letter._

## Verb

4. Simple past and past participle of date. — simple past and past participle of date
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of date. Use it for dating that already happened.
   - _The couple dated quietly for months before announcing their engagement._
   - _Archaeologists dated the bones to roughly ten thousand years ago._

## Adjective

6. Granted or assigned a set span of days; having a fixed term of duration. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Given a fixed number of days to last or live.

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