antiquated
AN-tih-kway-tidadjMeaning old-fashioned and out of date
Memory hook ANTIQUE-ATED: belongs in an ANTIQUE shop. Uncle Marcus still listens to the news on a radio the size of a suitcase that crackles more than it talks; it belongs in an antique shop. It is antiquated.
The office still used an antiquated fax machine that jammed every afternoon.
In context Compared with the bright new library across town, the old building, with its antiquated card catalog and flickering lamps, felt like a museum.
Similar outdated, old-fashioned, obsolete, outmoded
Opposite modern, up-to-date, new
From Latin antiquus (old, ancient), the source of antique.