behind the times

Idioms and Phrases

Not keeping up with current fashion, methods, or ideas, as in Your accounting methods are behind the times . Charles Dickens used this idiom in Dombey and Son (1848): “I'm old-fashioned, and behind the Time.” [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

These pursuits she straightway set out to introduce into drowsy, behind-the-times Cherryvale.

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