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Something antediluvian is so old or old-fashioned that it seems to belong to a much earlier period in history.
Something that is archaic is out of date or not currently used anymore because it is no longer considered useful or efficient.
A contemporary object exists at the same time as something else or exists at the current time.
Decrepitude is the state of being very old, worn out, or very ill; therefore, something or someone is no longer in good physical condition or good health.
An erstwhile friend is a friend no longer.
A fossilized person is unwilling to change, whereas a fossilized idea has become outdated.
Hackneyed words, images, ideas or sayings have been used so often that they no longer seem interesting or amusing.
An inception of something is its beginning or start.
To initiate something is to begin or start it.
An innovation is something new that is created or is a novel process for doing something.
A neophyte is a person who is just beginning to learn a subject or skill—or how to do an activity of some kind.
If something is obsolescent, it is slowly becoming no longer needed because something newer or more effective has been invented.
A paradigm shift is an important change in which one way of thinking about something is replaced by a completely new way of thinking about it.
The adjective primordial is used to describe things that existed close to the formation of Earth or close to the origin or development of something.
Something that is superannuated is so old and worn out that it is no longer working or useful.
The adjective topical describes something that is related to a topic or is of current interest.
A tyro has just begun learning something.
If something, such as clothing, is in vogue, it is currently in fashion or is one of the hottest new trends; hence, it is very popular.
Adj.
antiquated
AN-ti-kway-tid
Context
When Robert visited his uncle in the mountains of Nepal, the antiquated or obsolete plumbing system challenged him. Having spent most of his life in modern urban settings, Robert felt insecure among antiquated hand tools and outdated facilities. His adventurous and elderly uncle—who was rather antiquated himself—merely grinned at Robert’s views of travel in Nepal and kept hiking, wooden staff in hand, toward the horizon.
Quiz:Try again!
What does it mean when something is antiquated?
Antiquated My great Auntie Kate is so old-fashioned.
Examples
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern; no idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
— Ellen Glasgow
India’s rail system, with 63,000 kilometers of track, is one of the largest in the world and one of the most antiquated.
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TIME
The lure of the visual in today’s electronic media, it would seem, is proving too much for the increasingly antiquated pleasures of the written word.
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Newsweek
Both accidents have revealed inefficiencies and problems at all levels of the aviation industry: insufficient airport capacity, too few air-traffic controllers, antiquated air-traffic equipment, inadequate runways, unclear regulatory authority, etc..
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The Economist
If something is antiquated, it has been “made old.”
Word Theater
AFP News Agency This music store hopes some day to bring back the cassette, an antiquated format for music.
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