backward-looking
adjective
disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans
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The data officials in the U.S., Europe and Japan rely on to assess their respective economies is backward-looking and can't possibly reflect fallout from opaque trade policy.
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The Spider-Verse movies are brilliant and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is just fun — one an exercise in pushing the medium forward, the other a backward-looking piece of nostalgia.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
What’s more, California law prohibited insurers from forecasting risk into the future, relying solely on backward-looking analyses of natural disasters and other factors that would drive insurance payouts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The state forced insurers to only use backward-looking estimates of risk.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Compare that with economic data releases, which are generally backward-looking in nature, often by a month or more.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The Spider-Verse movies are brilliant and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is just fun — one an exercise in pushing the medium forward, the other a backward-looking piece of nostalgia.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
What’s more, California law prohibited insurers from forecasting risk into the future, relying solely on backward-looking analyses of natural disasters and other factors that would drive insurance payouts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The state forced insurers to only use backward-looking estimates of risk.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Compare that with economic data releases, which are generally backward-looking in nature, often by a month or more.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backward-looking. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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