"behind the times" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-behind the times.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic) Out of date; old-fashioned; obsolete; outmoded; outdated. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: antiquated, disused, passé, obsolete Translations (out of date, old-fashioned): 過時 (Chinese Mandarin), 过时 (guòshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 落伍 (luòwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 落後 (Chinese Mandarin), 落后 (luòhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), verouderd (Dutch), achterhaald (Dutch), gedateerd (Dutch), ouderwets (Dutch), ajastaan jäljessä (Finnish), hors d’âge (French), passé de mode (French), vieillot (French), désuet [formal] (French), ewiggestrig (German), elmaradott (Hungarian), obsoleto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-behind_the_times-en-prep_phrase-CtmTuIwn Categories (other): Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "word": "過時"
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      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "过时"
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      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "ouderwets"
    },
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      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "ajastaan jäljessä"
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      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "hors d’âge"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "passé de mode"
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      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "vieillot"
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      "word": "désuet"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "ewiggestrig"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
      "word": "elmaradott"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "out of date, old-fashioned",
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      "word": "obsoleto"
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