Dated and Former

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

Former and dated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Former" instead an adjective "Dated".

Nearby Words: date, datable

Former

Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

Dated and former are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dated" instead an adjective "Former".

Nearby Word: formerly

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / The Blue Album One Woman Song: "My Evaline" and "Jamie" are both about girls whom Rivers dated, but the former seems to be done In the Style of... an old rock hit.
  • Video Game / Empire at War The former game was a poorly-received 3D RTS, while the latter game was better-received, but used a rather dated 2D sprite graphics engine at a time when nearly every other RTS series had gone 3D.
  • If It's You, It's Okay Nitori's former girlfriend Anna dated Nitori, under the impression she was a masculine boy who likes crossdressing.
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