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
  • In court filings, defense lawyer Andrew Hemmer wrote in November 2023 that Matthew Huttle was a journeyman carpenter, whose 20-year struggle with alcoholism fueled many of his past crimes, which included a battery case, multiple DUI busts, and driving as a habitual traffic offender.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
  • However, much of the material, including Epstein’s infamous contacts book, had already been made public through past litigation and discovery files.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Those obsessed with history will want to immerse themselves in the historic district where there’s still a square moat and remnants of ancient walls, as well as over 300 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the entire city.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Blue Ghost’s suite of science equipment The mission is aiming to land near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille, which lies on the far eastern edge of the moon’s visible face just north of the equator.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were the only players to hit that mark at 28 years old.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In the Pig universe, which has now been running for two decades, George remains two years old and Peppa two years older.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement, and just-in-time processes from our classic production systems are nowhere near being obsolete.
    Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Within decades, invasive research on lab animals could be obsolete, as new technology allows scientists to test cancer treatments on tissues grown from a patient’s own cells, or create detailed maps of Alzheimer’s disease in human brains.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The focus of his business is on redefining and reforming the antiquated personal training model and replacing it with white-glove personal, professional online fitness coaching from the best expert coaches in the world.
    Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The excuse was that because the data management systems the EDD uses are built with antiquated programming languages, any short-term fix would be impossible.
    Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Stores like Washburn Imports, AT Furniture & Antiques, Echoes of Retro, Diversion, Out of the Closet Orlando, and Bamboo & Foo all make up the dense collection of vintage clothing, furniture, and antique stores in this neighborhood.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The vintage and antique dealers exhibiting at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair represent dealers and galleries throughout Europe and the United States.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But not rocking the boat might mean saddling us with a costly, decrepit, out-of-date payment system for many more years to come.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 5 Mar. 2025
  • So did the President like his video games, like his music, out-of-date?
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Undersea cables are one of those technologies that most of us are probably unaware of or assume to be some old-fashioned marginal holdover from the Victorian era.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
  • This may be an old-fashioned view, but this does not seem to be the sort of thing that will set the blood racing for the average young recruit.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Unmodernized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmodernized. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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