What does out-of-date mean?

out-of-date

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Frequency: 5.19 in modern English

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"The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles."
"This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year."

more out-of-date (comparative) most out-of-date (superlative)

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