fossilized
IPA: fˈɑsʌɫaɪzd
adjective
- In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock
- outmoded
- (linguistics) having become a fossil: no longer productive
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Examples of "fossilized" in Sentences
- It MUST remain fossilized if we ever want to preserve our environment.
- This kind of personalized instruction is great for helping you acquire fluency and correcting any mistakes you might make before they become "fossilized" and impervious to change.
- As he studies the photos that were taken very recently, he can’t believe what he is seeing: the insects appear to be of a species that hasn’t existed since the dinosaurs, which Whitney is used to seeing in fossilized form.
- Morse, on the other hand, does not enjoy such a "bench" of highly-visible, "all-star" contributors in one case, the Yahoo organization has been characterized as "fossilized", yet, to be fair, he is also not expected to be a "magician."
- Objects and memories recur in different times and places, in the homes and heads of characters who are often connected in ways that they are not yet aware of, a technique which grants a kind of fossilized texture to the intertwining narratives.
- a tendency today of the 'fossilized' - 'career' media, career politicians, career political handlers to not be able to comprehend that we out here want nothing more than to have them all (even city mayors) disappear never to be heard from again.
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