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dated

/ˈdeɪtɪd/ adjective B2
  1. Marked with a date. · The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.
  2. Outdated. · "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.
  3. Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context. · Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.
  4. No longer fashionable. · Slang can become dated very quickly.
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Albert, besides being an elegant, well-looking young man, was also possessed of considerable talent and ability; moreover, he was a viscount—a recently created one, certainly, but in the present day it is not necessary to go as far back as Noah in tracing a descent, and a genealogical tree is equally estimated, whether dated from 1399 or merely 1815; but to crown all these advantages, Albert de Morcerf commanded an income of 50,000 livres, a more than sufficient sum to render him a personage of considerable importance in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 364 · C1
“With being an agent of the Bonapartist faction!” Many of our readers may be able to recollect how formidable such an accusation became in the period at which our story is dated.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 35 · C1
Baron, have you any report more recent than this, dated the 20th February, and this is the 3rd of March?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 93 · C1
There were no papers or memoranda in the murdered man’s pocket, except a single telegram, dated from Cleveland about a month ago, and containing the words, ‘J.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 70 · B2

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