moss-grown
- adjective
- Offensive
- Her views on technology seemed moss-grown, as they were far behind the latest advancements.
Examples
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Many people find the city council's policies moss-grown, believing they should adapt to contemporary needs.
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The fashion designer said that the old style of the dress was becoming moss-grown and needed a modern update.
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They said they had been there for some years, and from the moss grown over their faces, I believed them.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
149
4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
93
5.8
No longer used or made because something newer replaces it
78
5.0
No longer useful or fashionable because it is old
34
4.4
No longer current or in use
34
9.9
Very old and not used in everyday life
32
8.2
Very old and not useful or suitable now
18
6.7
Like music or clothes from a past time that feel warm and familiar
12
3.4
Not popular or stylish now
11
6.5
No longer fashionable or useful
9
8.8
No longer fashionable compared with modern styles
9
7.5
Old-fashioned and not modern
8
5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
8
7.8
Dull and old-fashioned, not interesting or new
7
4.8
Old-fashioned and not keeping up with new ideas
3
6.2
Not modern and looking old-fashioned
1
7.9
Not interesting because people use it too often
1
8.4
Gradually becoming out of date and not used much
1
9.9
Old and no longer useful because of age
1
6.8
No longer new or fashionable
1
8.2
Old-fashioned in ideas or ways of doing things
1
6.5
Showing signs of long use, like yellowed pages or a cracked spine
1
7.8
Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology
1
8.4
Very old and not modern
Old and no longer useful or accepted today
Old, tired ideas that are no longer interesting
Old-fashioned and stale in style or ideas
Having old ideas or rules that seem out of date
Out of date and not keeping up with current ideas
Antonyms
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Moss-grown is also used in a negative way to mean 'old-fashioned' or 'out of date'; a helpful way to remember this is to imagine moss slowly covering things left unchanged for years. So, calling a person or idea 'moss-grown' says it is stuck and not current.