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archaic

adjective as in very old

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There are some pretty archaic, long-held biases and prejudices that remain in place (see Mets, New York).

While he enjoyed the experience once in the air, he found the process of booking the flight to be archaic and obscure.

Too many shows meet their demise way early because of an archaic way of counting.

There was one daunting, archaic elevator, and a flight of stairs with no lights.

The counterargument, of course, is that this method of delivery is pretty archaic.

Spacing after punctuation standardized, inconsistent hyphenation and archaic spelling retained.

The following archaic spellings of words were used in the original book and have been retained: head-ach; concuring; delinated.

He even brushed up his archaic French for the sake of inquiring directly after the child's health from Fanchette.

In English archaic writings the instances in which the mention of the Satanic power is thus utilised are not numerous.

Neither are we able to support the contention that it takes its rise in the archaic “woundy,” which perished in the same fires.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to archaic, such as: ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, and primitive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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