Conventional
Conventional adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Dated and conventional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dated" instead an adjective "Conventional".
Dated
Dated adjective - Having passed its time of use or usefulness.
Conventional and dated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conventional" instead an adjective "Dated".
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- Some were reconstructed in the 80s, on synths that have not dated particularly well, when the music was written for analog 70s synths and a conventional orchestra.
Source: Missing Episode / Doctor Who -
To young students, de Gaulle — who spent much of his life opposing conventional practice and authority — was the symbol of everything that was old, conservative and out-dated.
Source: Useful Notes / Charles De Gaulle -
Obfuscated Interface: The Matrix Raining Code provides any information required for the plot without the burden of a conventional user interface: Less danger of the UI becoming dated being or be too hard for the audience to follow.
Source: Film / The Matrix
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