backward-looking

adjective

disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans

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That’s especially true when compared with the director’s usual, backward-looking fare, which has dominated his oeuvre during the past two decades. David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025 Boards must evolve from being consumers of backward-looking data to stewards of foresight, able to anticipate risks and seize emerging opportunities. Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The backward-looking inquiries are taking place even as the Republican administration’s national security agencies are confronting global threats. Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025 Iran is not a backward place, even if its current government is backward-looking and selfish. Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025

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