archaic

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Director Prosit Roy, who is father to a toddler daughter, describes himself as "a girl dad" and says he made the film to challenge "old ideas and archaic values".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

It is widely considered the oldest archaic primate.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

It felt like there was something arch, ironic and archaic even for its own era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

And this is not some archaic cinderblock and mortar contraption: It’s a top-of-the-line, high-tech fabrication.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

The bottles of ink I remember particularly, because I was very charmed by them, and by the long black straight pens, which looked incredibly archaic and troublesome.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt