How to Use archaic in a Sentence

archaic

adjective

• The company needs to update its archaic computer systems.
• His cousin, A.G., conceded that the notion of family control may seem archaic.
  — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 30 July 2017
• For a league that is often celebrated for its progressive approach to media, this is a surprisingly rigid and archaic system.
  — Nick Greene, Slate Magazine, 14 July 2017
• Announced in 2015, the tiny-brained species sports a remarkable mosaic of modern and archaic features.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 13 Sep. 2017
• Far from an archaic practice, the honor system continues to govern students at Washington and Lee.
  — Charles Correll Iii, National Review, 30 Aug. 2017
• Published this week in Nature, the findings also hint at when modern humans interacted with other archaic humans.
  — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2017
• The gigantic curved screens on Samsung's latest Galaxy phones make the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus look archaic.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 18 Sep. 2017
• For more than a century, this group has served as a hub for amateurs licensed to operate the dependable, if archaic, medium known as ham radio and eager to pitch in when disaster strikes.
  — Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
• By the end of the 1920s, aether was discarded, archaic.
  — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
• These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
• There are some who have a very archaic line of thinking.
  — Clay Skipper, GQ, 13 Apr. 2018
• That is an archaic structure that may well need to change.
  — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• Sure, the whole concept of spring-cleaning feels quaint and archaic just now.
  — refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions.
  — Charles Manning, Cosmopolitan, 16 Mar. 2015
• Here's hoping Markle's speech ends that archaic rule once and for all.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2018
• The idea of being chained to a cubicle for eight-plus hours a day, five days a week now looks archaic.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• But should a set of archaic rules also be used to take Britain out of the European Union?
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2016
• That, of course, was because of the Yankees’ archaic rules that don’t allow beards or hair that goes over the collar.
  — Andy Nesbitt, For The Win, 19 Dec. 2019
• The sale had been driven by the archaic system by which Oregon holds the state forest.
  — Rob Davis | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 9 May 2017
• The result is a both an honest portrait of the victim and those who loved her, as well as the cryptic, archaic world of academia.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2020
• The result is an honest portrait of both the victim and those who loved her, as well as the cryptic, archaic world of academia.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2020
• From the archaic language to the specialized jargon, most of us need lawyers just to translate the words of other lawyers.
  — Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• The Gold State Coach is a majestic and archaic object that’s belonged to the monarchy for over 260 years.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 June 2022
• Maybe in 100 years’ time, the thought of resisting iris scans or face-tracking will seem archaic.
  — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• Owing to the archaic laws of primogeniture, Anne, who is now 72, has tumbled to 16th in line to the throne.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 18 Jan. 2023
• Those who have not encountered it tend to imagine it’s the stuff of archaic English pub signs.
  — Henry Hitchings, WSJ, 8 May 2022
• Faced with no solutions, entrepreneurs will feel pressure to change things even faster, or to get rid of the rules that are not archaic.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• But even these archaic prospects do not seem meaningless to many.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
• Due to a dearth of fossil evidence, details on how these archaic human ancestors lived have been scarce.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 July 2024
• Yet as societies and technologies evolve, what will become of the archaic winking-face emoji?
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024