時じ代だい遅おくれ

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Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

Describes people, ideas, styles, or things that are not keeping up with current trends or modern ways. Can be used critically or self-deprecatingly.

〈物もの〉が時じ代だい遅おくれになるfor something to become outdated
このデザインはすぐに時じ代だい遅おくれになった。
This design became outdated quickly.
時じ代だい遅おくれの〈物もの〉an outdated (thing)
彼かれはまだ時じ代だい遅おくれの携けい帯たい電でん話わを使つかっている。
He's still using an outdated cell phone.
〈事こと〉は時じ代だい遅おくれだ(an idea, custom, etc.) is outdated
その考かんがえ方かたはもう時じ代だい遅おくれだと思おもう。
I think that way of thinking is outdated now.

古ふる臭くさい
古臭い stresses a stale, musty feel of oldness, while 時代遅れ focuses specifically on failing to keep up with current trends or eras.
流りゅう行こう遅おくれ
流行遅れ narrowly means out of fashion, while 時代遅れ covers a broader sense of being behind the times in ideas, technology, or style.
旧きゅう式しきN1
旧式 is a more neutral, technical term for an old model or outdated system, whereas 時代遅れ often carries a critical or self-deprecating tone.
陳ちん腐ぷN1
陳腐 means trite or hackneyed, especially of ideas or expressions, while 時代遅れ simply means not up-to-date with the times.

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大おお時じ代だい
時代遅れ is a neutral, common word for something behind the times, while 大時代 adds a comic or theatrical sense of being dramatically old-fashioned.
古こ風ふう
時代遅れ means 'outdated' or 'behind the times' with a negative nuance, while 古風 can have a positive, charming connotation of old-style elegance.

最さい新しんN3
最新 describes something as the newest or state-of-the-art, the direct opposite of 時代遅れ, which means behind the times.

Compound of 時代 (jidai, 'era, times') and 遅れ (okure, 'delay, lateness'), literally 'era delay'.