Anticuado in english
Outdated
pronunciation: aʊtdeɪtɪd part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: aʊtdeɪtɪd part of speech: adjective
In gestures
anticuado = antiquated ; backwater ; out of date [out-of-date] ; outdated [out-dated] ; stale ; old-fashioned ; outworn ; musty ; timed ; fossilised [fossilized, -USA] ; passé ; atavistic ; moth-eaten ; mothy ; dowdy ; fuddy-duddy ; daggy ; a bit/little long in the tooth ; mumsy ; unfashionable ; dorky ; dated.
Example: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.Example: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Example: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.Example: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.Example: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.Example: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.Example: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.Example: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.Example: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.Example: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.Example: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.Example: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.Example: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.Example: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.Example: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.Example: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image = According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.Example: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.Example: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.Example: I think she seemed a bit mumsy to us because we were young boys and she was a bit older.Example: She says she's had to remove herself from the chaos of the fashion industry -- and be a little bit unfashionable -- to find her peace.Example: If you are a dork and revel in the fact, you will want to know what clothing is dorky, so you can wear it.Example: Binging your home into the current decade doesn't have to cost a fortune -- there are many things that you can do to update a dated space.more:
» estar anticuado = be dated ; be out of the ark .
Example: Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated. Example: Changing cash is out of the ark -- get a decent fee-free card and withdraw cash locally = Cambiar dinero en efectivo se ha quedado anticuado -- hazte de una tarjeta en condiciones y sin gastos de comisión y retira efectivo allí donde estés.» estar un poco anticuado = be some years old .
Example: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.» quedarse anticuado = date ; be dated ; be out of the ark .
Example: This again extends the search time but may not be a decisive factor where the stock soon dates, rendering older catalogues largely unused. Example: Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated. Example: Changing cash is out of the ark -- get a decent fee-free card and withdraw cash locally = Cambiar dinero en efectivo se ha quedado anticuado -- hazte de una tarjeta en condiciones y sin gastos de comisión y retira efectivo allí donde estés.anticuarse = obsolesce.
Example: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.