antediluvian
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The rituals were only the start of 10 days of ceremony that will strike some as charming and others as hopelessly antediluvian.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022
Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995, the antediluvian era of web surfing dominated by the first widely popular browser, Netscape Navigator.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022
So, $23.7 billion annually to renovate an antediluvian water system?
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021
Moreover, the months-long outpouring of such obnoxious, antediluvian expressions by some who profess loyalty to VMI only reinforces persuasive evidence that the school’s culture is in dire need of a sea change.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021
“Oh! if Ja-bol-he-moth,” he suddenly exclaimed with a fierce earnestness, “if Ja-bol-he-moth and other great antediluvian giants could only escape from their imprisonment, we would soon transform the whole earth to our liking.”
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
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