modernize
verb (used with object)
to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize a kitchen.
unmodernized
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a word derived from
modernize.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes I walk down rustic, unmodernized streets like Provaznicka and V Kotcich, enjoying views that look just like the rest of the city did before the Velvet Revolution.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2012
She climbed some steep stairs, still unmodernized, to Lady Henry's floor.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Entirely unmodernized, it was the more picturesque for that.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
This is one among many reasons," said Mr. Stanley, "why I so strenuously insist that young persons should read the Scriptures, unaltered, unmodernized, unmutilated, unabridged.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
Some day I hope to revisit the region and find this natural nesting hollow still occupied by a pair of unmodernized Swifts.
From The Bird Study Book by Thomas Gilbert Pearson
