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démodé en · ADJ

Borrowed from French démodé.

Outdated, old-fashioned.
- If, in the foregoing rapid summary, it has not always been possible to speak with uniform gravity, it is that, to-day, the main issue of Cecilia’s story has become—as the author’s own Captain Aresby would now have said—a little démodé. 1903, Henry Austin Dobson, Fanny Burney:
- “And the Vicar's wife too. Dear, all this is weeks and weeks old; I suppose it has only just reached the Vicarage. Do let us be up-to-date. Physical culture has been quite démodé since last Thursday.” 1914, A. A. Milne, “Merely Players”, in Once a Week:
- Leisure travel will have to rescue the railways because commuting is becoming démodé and viewed with suspicion/mistrust by modern-day employees. 2021 November 17, “Open Access: Stumbling blocks to attracting more passengers”, in RAIL, number 944, page 65:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more démodé	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most démodé	Degree=Sup		lexicographic