outdatedness
outdatedness — noun
1. the quality or state of being old-fashioned and no longer useful, accurate, or i
the quality or state of being old-fashioned and no longer useful, accurate, or in style — used to describe ideas, technology, methods, or designs that have fallen behind current practice.
Niran complained about the outdatedness of the school's chemistry textbooks, which still listed only nine planets.
pattern: the outdatedness of [concrete noun]
The factory closed partly because of the outdatedness of its 1970s assembly equipment.
common cause-frame: because of the outdatedness of …
Reviewers pointed to the outdatedness of the safety rules, written before smartphones existed.
Adina worried that the outdatedness of her programming skills would hurt her chances in the interview.
Architects often hide the outdatedness of an old building behind a new glass front.
- obsolescence
more technical; common in engineering and business writing
- antiquatedness
rarer, slightly more dismissive in tone
- datedness
shorter informal alternative, often used of style or fashion
文法句型
the outdatedness of [noun]
用法筆記
Uncountable abstract noun, almost always used after 'the' and followed by 'of …'. Subject is rarely a person; typical subjects are things (textbooks, equipment, rules, software, designs). For everyday speech, 'how out of date X is' is far more natural.