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back number
adjective as in ancient
adjective as in behind the times
adjective as in outdated
adjective as in outdated/out-of-date
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Example Sentences
Richard, a back number of my unsavory career has turned up to deprive me of my appetite and blight my being.
I wish tasteless, conventional, and machine-made architecture were as much of a "back-number" in England as it is here.
He rails at conditions instead of changing them, and eventually he finds himself shelfed and shunned as a back number.
When a man begins shaking his head over the news of the day, he is done for; a back number.
Susan never shakes her head; and it's rather hard on her, I think, to be the wife of a back number.
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to back-number, such as: antiquated, back number, dated, has-been, obsolete, and of the old school.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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