fossilized

fos·sil·ize  (fs-lz)

v. fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing, fos·sil·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To convert into a fossil.

2. To make outmoded or inflexible with time; antiquate.

v.intr.

To become a fossil.

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fossil·i·zation (-s-l-zshn) n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

fossilized - set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" fossilised, ossified inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"

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fossilized

adjective

1. petrified, dead, extinct, prehistoric, ossified, dead as a dodo fossilized dinosaur bones

2. obsolete, antiquated, anachronistic, inflexible, passé, behind the times, superannuated, antediluvian, démodé (French), out of the ark (informal), archaistic breathe some new life into these fossilized organisations

Translations

fossilized [ˈfɒsɪlaɪzd] ADJ → fosilizado

fossilized [ˈfɒs^əllaɪzd] fossilised (British) adj

[bones] → fossilisé(e)

(fig) [organization] → sclérosé(e)

fossilized

adj → versteinert; (fig) person → verknöchert; customs → verkrustet, starr

fossilized [ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd] adj → fossilizzato/a