How to say "out-of-date" in Japanese

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  • na-adjective, nounA katakana borrowing of the English phrase. Despite matching 'out-of-date' exactly, it is seldom the word you want; for something behind the times, 時代遅れ is the word to use.
  • 時代遅れじだいおくれ
    no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'out-of-date' in the sense of old-fashioned or antiquated: literally left behind by the times, it describes people or things that lag behind what is current.
    あなたの考かんがえはまったく時代遅じだいおくれである。↗
    Your ideas are all out of date.

For 'out-of-date' meaning behind the times or old-fashioned, 「時代遅れ」 is the word to reach for; 「アウトオブデート」, a direct English loanword, is marginal and seldom the right choice.

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