"backward-looking" meaning in English

See backward-looking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} backward-looking (not comparable)
  1. Not progressive; concerned with the past rather than the present or future. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Past
    Sense id: en-backward-looking-en-adj-e7~R4Sov Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for backward-looking meaning in English (1.2kB)

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          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302",
          "text": "[I]t is interesting to note that Sengupta includes over 120 similar out-of-date terms from the days of the Raj and before, thus revealing the extent to which the glossary is, in a sense, backward-looking, which is inconsistent with the fact that it is meant to be a supplement of a dictionary of \"current\" English.",
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