Antonyms for cutting-edge


Grammar : Adj, noun


Definition of cutting-edge

Origin :
  • also cutting-edge, 1825 in the literal sense (often at first with reference to plows); figurative sense is from 1964.
  • As in innovative : adj creative
  • As in modern : adj new, up-to-date
  • As in new : adj recent, fresh
  • As in ultramodern : adj up-to-date
  • As in latter-day : adj modern
  • As in advanced : adj ahead in position, time, manner
  • As in current : adj contemporary; common
  • As in groundbreaking : adj pioneering
  • As in cutting edge : noun leading position
  • As in forefront/foreground : noun prominence
Example sentences :
  • “Makes you feel like using a phone is a really futuristic, cutting-edge activity,” he said.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • The cutting-edge should descend upon a strip of copper inserted in the iron, to prevent it from being dulled.
  • Extract from : « Sheep, Swine, and Poultry » by Robert Jennings
  • The bearing brackets for the hydraulic jacks were attached, as at the south shaft, to the inside of the cutting-edge brackets.
  • Extract from : « Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 » by James H. Brace, Francis Mason and S. H. Woodard
  • Bear in mind that the shape of the cut made by the plane will be a reversed copy of the shape of the cutting-edge.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • Try to grind squarely across the chisel—that is, to have the cutting-edge at right angles to the lengthways edge of the tool.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • The cutting-edge of the plane thus being at right angles with the surface of the board, the edge will be planed squarely across.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • The cutting-edge of the maxilla is nearly straight, and there is no tooth in the posterior half of the maxilla.
  • Extract from : « Extinct Birds » by Walter Rothschild

Synonyms for cutting-edge

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