dated /ˈdeɪtɪd/ adjective5 •Marked with a date.The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922. •no longer modern, and seeming to belong to an earlier time"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus. •Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else. •No longer fashionable.Slang can become dated very quickly. •(no longer used) Alotted a span of days. formsmore dated · most dated