outdate
verb [ T ] uk/aʊtˈdeɪt/ us/aʊtˈdeɪt/
使过时,使变得老式;把…淘汰掉
to make something outdated (= no longer as good or useful because there are newer, more modern things)
New technology is outdating current privacy laws. 新技术正在使现行的隐私法变得不合时宜。
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- Readers can still benefit from reading his account, although subsequent anthropological work outdates it.
- Your time out of the regular work-force decreases your employability and outdates your previous work experience.
- A liberal arts education is even more valuable today precisely because technology outdates itself so rapidly.