unmodernized

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Recent Examples of unmodernized The rooms, largely unmodernized, are as Ellroy has described them in several overlapping accounts. Stuart Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Mar. 2020 According to DefenseNews, the cruisers Mobile Bay and Bunker Hill will retire in 2020, and the last of the eleven unmodernized ships will retire in 2025. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmodernized
Adjective
  • Former Daytona 500 winners The field is littered with past winners, starting with 2024 champion William Byron.
    Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The diesel spill saturated the surrounding soil and extended past containment measures.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers in London recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old structure that once served as the hub of the bustling ancient city.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the plesiosaur is considered a successful marine predatory ancient species.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff: The high school senior, Timothy and Victoria's youngest, is pulled between following the life path of his older sister and brother while deciding his major life decision: Whether to go to Duke or the University of North Carolina.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Because that’s not how my experience or any of the older players’ experience with the Giants was.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In recent years, however, the idea of belonging to traditional civic organizations is perceived to be obsolete.
    John Hewko, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The intrigue: The proposals include repealing a Denver law passed in 2019 allowing adults to possess psychedelics, with licensing staff saying the 2022 state law makes the local law obsolete.
    Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Floridians remain largely shackled to an antiquated system that prioritizes profits over the interests of everyday consumers.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • There’s antiquated equipment that’s still actively relevant for many facilities.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That antique machinery is what inspired all the visuals.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025
  • There’s a combination of reproduction, mid-century, and ’70s lights and antique lights bought off the internet.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Turing’s lecture notes are in effect a textbook, terse and selective, on advanced math for circuit engineers, although now very out-of-date, of course.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The medical research literature is filled with promising-looking ideas that never panned out, and out-of-date treatments and tests that have been replaced by approaches more solidly based on evidence.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While Steve was an old-fashioned man from another time, fiercely dedicated to his superhero duties, Sam is grappling with a more complex time period, after the Avengers have drifted apart.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
  • How Cariño Turns Mexican Spirits Into Liquid Anthropology Cariño’s Oaxacan old-fashioned at is redolent with aromas of piloncillo, cinnamon, and orange.
    Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Unmodernized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmodernized. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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