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outmode

outmode verb: to render (something) no longer fashionable.

Verb

outmode (third-person singular simple present outmodes, present participle outmoding, simple past and past participle outmoded)

  1. (transitive) To render (something) no longer fashionable.
    • Thus, in this age of ideological convergence and the outmoding of rigid doctrine, a new pragmatic [relationship] of immense importance seems to be developing here.1971 February 26, C. L. Sulzberger, “FOREIGN AFFAIRS”, in The New York Times
    • Every aspect of Renaissance realism seemed calculated to outmode the medieval illuminators' pictorial vocabulary with its miniature dimensions - two-dimensional patterning and conventionalizations of natural forms.1983 December 25, John Canaday, “TREASURES OF ILLUMINATION”, in The New York Times Magazine

Noun

outmode (plural outmodes)

  1. Something that is unfashionable or obsolete.
    • Encouraged by, for some reason, his clanky, fire-breathing mother, Ratchet wants to take replacement parts off the market and offer expensive "upgrades" instead. The broken-down "outmodes" who cannot afford to remake themselves will be swept off the street and sent to Ma Ratchet's underground...2005 March 11, A.o. Scott, “Machines That Rage Against Other Machines”, in The New York Times
    • Which brings us to what happens after a robot perishes. As the Rusties explain, "outmodes"-- robots who can no longer get spare parts to be repaired -- are swept up by Sweepers and taken to the Chop Shop, where they're melted down into something else.2020 August 31, Kelsey Dickson, “So How DOES Death Work in the Robots Universe Anyway?”, in CBR

Examples of outmode in a sentence

  • At the hardware store, upon receiving the news that Fender is outmoded and destined for the Chop Shop, after initially agreeing with Piper, Casey immediately asks what they can get for him.2020 August 31, Kelsey Dickson, “So How DOES Death Work in the Robots Universe Anyway?”, in CBR:
  • The broken-down "outmodes" who cannot afford to remake themselves will be swept off the street and sent to Ma Ratchet's underground furnace.2005 March 11, A.o. Scott, “Machines That Rage Against Other Machines”, in The New York Times:

Forms of outmode

Verb
third-person singular presentoutmodes
present participleoutmoding
past participleoutmoded
pastoutmoded
Noun
pluraloutmodes

Origin of outmode

From out- + mode.

Questions about outmode

What does outmode mean?
Outmode means to render (something) no longer fashionable.
How do you use outmode in a sentence?
At the hardware store, upon receiving the news that Fender is outmoded and destined for the Chop Shop, after initially agreeing with Piper, Casey immediately asks what they can get for him.
What part of speech is outmode?
Outmode can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of outmode?
The past tense of outmode is outmoded.

Words near outmode in the dictionary

  1. outmigrations
  2. outmiracle
  3. outmiracled
  4. outmiracles
  5. outmiracling
  6. outmode
  7. outmoded
  8. outmodedly
  9. outmodedness
  10. outmodes
  11. outmoding

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