anachronism
Example Sentences
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The current requirement that lenders use three credit scores—known as tri-merge—is an anachronism and adds unnecessary costs to borrowers.
They also outlasted former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair, who described their presence in the Lords as an "anachronism" and got rid of more than 600 of them.
From BBC
The Dow—a group of 30 companies often seen as an anachronism in an era of index investing and big data—doesn’t capture the full force of the current boom.
Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times has dismissed it as “a silly anachronism.”
From Salon
The Court held that the formula was an anachronism from the Jim Crow era and didn’t account for racial progress.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
