Current
Current adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Usage example: current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago
Dated
Dated adjective - Having passed its time of use or usefulness.
Usage example: his jokes are awfully dated, referring to things that happened years ago
Both words in one sentence
- In Freeman's Mind episode 45, the titular Freeman sings the entire song, then decides that it's "too dated", and begins making up his own verses that pertain to his current situation.
Source: Major General Song -
An obvious attempt to look in-touch with current fashions that failed spectacularly for being incredibly dated.
Source: Beatnik -
Old movies and TV shows bearing Vanity Plates with dated bylines might have these plastered over with the current studio logos in newer prints.
Source: Product Displacement
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