Backward-looking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Backward-looking is an adjective meaning Not progressive; concerned with the past rather than the present or future.
Meaning
Not progressive; concerned with the past rather than the present or future.
Example Sentences
[I]t is interesting to note that Sengupta includes over 120 similar out-of-date terms from the days of the Raj and before, thus revealing the extent to which the glossary is, in a sense, backward-looking, which is inconsistent with the fact that it is meant to be a supplement of a dictionary of "current" English.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outdated, outmoded, antiquated, old-fashioned, retrospective, retrogressive.
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