- out of fashion
- Old-fashioned Old`-fash"ioned, a.
Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern;
belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old
customs, styles, or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl;
old-fashioned wire-rimmed glasses. ``Old-fashioned men of
wit.'' --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
This old-fashioned, quaint abode. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
2. Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2]; out-of-date. [Narrower terms: {old-fashioned}, {out of fashion}(predicate), {out of style}(predicate), {passe}, {passee}.]
Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. Unfashionably out of date; out of style. [Narrower terms: {unfashionable (vs. fashionable)}]
Syn: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
