stodgy
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Stodgy people tend to offer some version of this argument every time a politician uses a communications medium in some novel way.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2017
Stodgy critics might compare the irreverent troupe to the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, but its real influences are the Simpsons, hip-hop and any movie with fierce women and guns.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2011
Stodgy, flat-footed utilities aren't going bankrupt, as predicted, but restructuring to tap the competitive markets.
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Stodgy Director Edward Robinson of the Metropolitan died, to be succeeded by the more liberal Herbert E. Winlock.
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Stodgy, stoj′i, adj. heavy, lumpy: ill put together: indigestible.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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