fossilized

• Описывает то, что стало застывшим, устаревшим или негибким, часто относится к идеям, привычкам или языковым формам, которые больше не меняются и не развиваются.

Describes something that has become fixed, outdated, or rigid, often referring to ideas, habits, or language forms that no longer change or develop.

1. B2formalscientific

   Describing organic material that has been preserved and turned into a fossil over geological time.

   Окаменелый

   • The fossilized remains of the dinosaur were discovered in the desert.
   • Fossilized wood can be found in many ancient rock formations.
   • Scientists study fossilized bones to understand prehistoric life.

2. Outdated or fixedC1informal

   Describing ideas, attitudes, or systems that are old-fashioned and no longer change or develop.

   Устаревший или застывший

   • His fossilized views on education are not helpful today.
   • The company's fossilized management style is holding back innovation.
   • She criticized the fossilized traditions of the institution.

   Synonymsantiquatedarchaicentrenchedobsoleteoutdatedoutmodedrigidstaticunchanging

   Antonymscurrentdynamicflexibleinnovativemodernprogressive

• Глагол, означающий превращать или превращаться в окаменелость, или становиться закостенелым и устаревшим.

A verb meaning to convert or become converted into a fossil, or to become rigid and outdated.

1. Convert to a fossilB2formalscientific

   To preserve the remains of a plant or animal in the earth's crust, turning them into a fossil.

   Окаменеть

   • The dinosaur bones fossilized over millions of years.
   • Wood can fossilize under the right conditions.
   • Scientists study how organisms fossilize to understand ancient life.

   Synonymsmineralizepetrify

2. Become mentally inflexibleC1informal

   To become fixed in one's ideas, habits, or ways of thinking, often resistant to change.

   Окостенеть

   • He fossilized in his old-fashioned views and refused to adapt.
   • The company's management fossilized, ignoring new market trends.
   • She worried that she would fossilize if she stayed in the same job for too long.

   Synonymshardenossifypetrifyrigidifyset

   Antonymsadaptadjustchangedevelopevolvegrow