Stone Age

adjective

Definition of Stone Agenext
as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Stone Age
  1. archaic
  2. obsolete
  3. medieval
  4. antiquated
  5. prehistoric
  6. dated
  7. old
Adjective
  • Kyiv has been struggling to boost military recruitment, stiffen its forces’ defensive earthworks, reform archaic command staffs and boost the output of Ukrainian arms factories.
    David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Amos Hochstein, the charismatic U.S. envoy leading the ceasefire talks, has largely shied away from Lebanon’s archaic internal affairs and the question of the day after.
    Firas Maksad, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of archaic
Adjective
  • With the capability to create full video from prompts, Sora is going to make all kinds of casting, staging and expensive film operations obsolete.
    John Werner, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The invention of nuclear weapons made this thinking obsolete by making conquest among the great powers impossible.
    Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of obsolete
Adjective
  • The other new study, in Nature, relied on an analysis of six genomes from remains discovered in Ranis, a cave site in present-day Germany that sits below a medieval castle.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The beautiful city of Maastricht in the Netherlands is always a delight to visit for its medieval architecture and its vibrant cultural scene, which includes FashionClash, an annual festival every November that’s a brilliant mashup of fashion, art, film and performance.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of medieval
Adjective
  • Whitaker has dealt with challenges including a surge in close calls between planes, a shortage of air traffic controllers and antiquated equipment.
    David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Anyone who has filled out their tax return applied for a driver’s license, or booked a doctor’s appointment knows how frustratingly antiquated government services can feel.
    Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of antiquated
Adjective
  • These are prehistoric mammal relatives that lived during the Permian period (around 299-252 million years ago) of Earth's history.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Today, the caverns hold evidence of both the Maya and the people who inhabited the region before them, as well as the fossils of prehistoric megafauna.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of prehistoric
Adjective
  • The Melting Pot has less oozing cheese and might even feel less dated.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
  • The candidate experience is very dated for a lot of clients.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of dated
Adjective
  • The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of old
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