backward-looking
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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- "[I]t is interesting to note that Sengupta includes over 120 similar out-of-date terms from the days of the Raj and before, thus revealing the extent to which the glossary is, in a sense, backward-looking, which is inconsistent with the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."