anachronistic

🇺🇸 /əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk/ 🇬🇧 /əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk/
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adjective
R

Something that seems old-fashioned and out of place in the present time.

Using a typewriter in today's digital age is considered anachronistic.

R

Something that is incorrectly placed in a different time period than it belongs to.

Seeing a smartphone in a movie set in the 1800s is anachronistic.

translation

adj. Something that seems old-fashioned and out of place in the present time.; Something that is incorrectly placed in a different time period than it belongs to.