back number

/ˈbæk ˌnʌmbər/
noun
  1. An old issue of a magazine, newspaper, or journal.
    • The library keeps back-numbers of local newspapers in the basement archive.
    • I found a back-number of National Geographic from 1985 at the flea market.
    • She collects back-numbers of fashion magazines for her collage art.
  2. A person or thing that is outdated or no longer popular.
    • Some critics called the singer a back-number after her last album flopped.
    • His fashion sense is a back-number from the 1990s.
    • That old computer is a back-number; nobody uses floppy disks anymore.
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