dated
Marked with a date.
Example
“The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.”
Other meanings
Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
“Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.”
No longer fashionable.
“Slang can become dated very quickly.”
Related words
- afterdated
- datedly
- datedness
- nondated
- short-dated
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dated” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.