variants
also mediaeval
as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness
get rid of that medieval kerosene stove—it stinks and it's dangerous
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Recent Examples of medieval
However, the medieval ammunition backstock wasn’t the only weaponry buried roughly 70 miles west of Brussels.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
To that end, guests arriving by taxi (or with their own cars) are met at the hotel’s parking lot by a staffer with a tiny manual car who will then zoom through the medieval city gates to deposit you at the hotel’s front door.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
And the messaging of Goebbels’s Propaganda Ministry, with its domination of radio, was, according to a German writer, like a medieval sermon, with tales of redemption through service and transcendence through loyalty to a cause.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
It has been surrounded by urban settlements since the ancient period, been an entry point to the Iberian Peninsula in the medieval period, and a point of naval confrontation over control of the strait in modern times.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
To that end, guests arriving by taxi (or with their own cars) are met at the hotel’s parking lot by a staffer with a tiny manual car who will then zoom through the medieval city gates to deposit you at the hotel’s front door.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
And the messaging of Goebbels’s Propaganda Ministry, with its domination of radio, was, according to a German writer, like a medieval sermon, with tales of redemption through service and transcendence through loyalty to a cause.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
It has been surrounded by urban settlements since the ancient period, been an entry point to the Iberian Peninsula in the medieval period, and a point of naval confrontation over control of the strait in modern times.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medieval
Adjective
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Those archaic teams did not have lofty expectations like the ones that featured Simmons.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Doubled down with odd and archaic roster construction.—
Jannelle Moore,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As horses on the battlefront became obsolete as technology (and tanks) advanced, American polo was left with a serious pipeline problem.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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Change a single assumption about how quickly AI chips become obsolete, and cumulative spending swings by hundreds of billions of dollars.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Like des Esseintes’s inclination toward the antiquated, Carly’s taste for vintage kitsch runs retro-romantic.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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For years, the armies on the Western Front were immobilized by the combination of modern technology and antiquated tactics.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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In the garden, his massive stone monoliths seem almost prehistoric.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
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Sites that preserve soft-bodied organisms are even rarer because soft tissues decompose more easily, making these places especially useful for piecing together prehistoric ecosystems.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
1 May 2026
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“Medieval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medieval. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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