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adjective

antediluvian

CEFR C2

of or belonging to the time before the biblical flood; ridiculously old-fashioned

In a sentence

Six example sentences with antediluvian, each labelled with its topic.

  • The newsroom still ran an antediluvian layout system that crashed if two editors opened the same page.

    Technology

  • Their expense policy is antediluvian: paper receipts, a stapler, and an envelope handed to a clerk on the third floor.

    Business

  • Chroniclers filled the antediluvian chapters with giants and long-lived patriarchs, then dated everything after the flood far more carefully.

    History

  • The brokerage's antediluvian settlement system still mails paper confirmations that arrive after the trade has long closed.

    Finance

  • The court's antediluvian filing rules require three carbon copies, a stamp, and a clerk's initials on each page.

    Law

  • The station's antediluvian ticket machine takes only coins and prints on cardboard, yet the line moves quickly.

    Travel

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