(a.) Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.
(n.) One who lived before the Deluge.
Example Sentences:
(1) Given the last decade's copyright wars, it's amazing that Pirate Bay survived at all, not just because 10 is antediluvian in internet years.
(2) I give up reading of the hell that criminalisation – abetted by an antediluvian UN – inflicts on the people of Mexico, Colombia, Afghanistan and Burma.
(3) Noah has just opened at No 1 at the US box office despite facing a mixed reaction from religious audiences for its fast and loose interpretation of the story of the antediluvian patriarch.
(4) Antediluvian theocracy has had its day, and thinking Talibs know it.
(5) Were these bohemian rooftop-dwellers merely “ur-hipsters”, or antediluvian beatniks, allured by the aesthetics of self-induced poverty?
(6) The two-tiered system predicated on antediluvian beliefs about intelligence and testing does needless and wasteful damage to thousands of children.
(7) They are not anti-politics, just antediluvian, yearning for a politics that has already failed.
(8) Degas was a man of antediluvian attitudes, some of which appear now, as they did to many of his friends, as unconscionable.
(9) The assumption of privacy, of home life as castle, tacitly adopted by Bree, Susan, Lynette and Gaby, and their decisions to choose when and with whom to spill secrets, is being made to look antediluvian by the rising, currently victorious, generations of compulsive sharers.
(10) As a result, the coalition was free to implant its antediluvian economics in the public mind, and Labour was incapable of arguing back.
(11) Noah has been a huge hit in the US, despite controversy over its unorthodox depiction of the antediluvian patriarch.
(12) The antediluvian stuff we hear from Cameron's party is obscene.
(13) Rakoff watches in horror as Judy Blume , the bestselling children's author, takes her business elsewhere, apparently fed up with the agency's antediluvian approach.
(14) When Rakoff met a couple of junior editors from the New Yorker at a rooftop party, they pumped her for all the antediluvian details, such as the fact that Rakoff spent her days pecking away on a Selectric typewriter with the fat headphones of an old Dictaphone attached to her head and that the Agency tracked every detail of its authors' affairs on oversized, specially printed pink index cards.
(15) He continues: "Antediluvian theocracy has had its day and thinking Talibs know it," and adds: "Most Taliban leaders deeply resent their dependence on, and manipulation by, Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI … They yearn to be taken seriously as a credible, national political force."
(16) In practice, though, they're often a bit of an embarrassment – an antediluvian catalogue of Honeys, Pussys and Plentys.
(17) It was an attempt to grab the reins of a complex society with the almost quaintly antediluvian tactics of seizing the state television station and rolling some tanks on to the streets.
(18) We've become a nation of reactionary, antediluvian nitwits, unable to discern the difference between the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare , governed by equally reactionary pols who think nothing of holding our pay checks hostage .
(19) Compared to other countries like the United States or Germany, it's antediluvian."
(20) Today we can view this history with detached irony, as evidence of the antediluvian, a museum-piece that does not require to be confronted since it no longer has the power to threaten.
Deluge
Definition:
(n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
(n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
(v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
(v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Kew Gardens, west London, 18mm of rain fell in just an hour on Saturday afternoon with other deluges causing travel misery.
(2) The historic and devastating floods in Louisiana are the latest in a series of heavy deluges that some climate scientists warn will become even more common as the world continues to warm.
(3) Among their choicest memories from last year, they tell me, are watching shoals of goldfish swim down their street, and coming home to find Derrick's model boat collection bobbing on the deluge.
(4) But in recent weeks a deluge of "best ever" deals means borrowers can now access the lowest two-, three- and five-year fixed rates since 1989 when fixed-rate home loans became available, according to data provider Moneyfacts.
(5) At first, the sheer deluge of random faces, selfies, girls kissing other girls (is that a thing nowadays?)
(6) The Bank has been raising concerns about the potential liquidity risk in the financial system for some time but will now ask fund managers how they would handle a deluge of requests from investors to redeem their cash.
(7) Our helpline (0800 970 9690) has been noticeably busier in the last week as letters have landed on people’s doormats and we are set for a deluge of calls as a result of the chancellor’s comments today as people seek advice on how to sort out their tax affairs.
(8) Bloomsbury Auctions in Mayfair, which handled the sale, was deluged with interest in the lot which had been given a guide price of between £6000 and £8000.
(9) They could be seen as an incentive scheme, to make up for the fact that the pay is often less than in the private sector (though I'm not sure the swan marker would be deluged with offers outside the palace).
(10) The deluge of old images of the destruction of Sarajevo, the videos of Mladic talking to the soon-to-be-dead men and boys of Srebrenica , the scores of commentators discussing the legal technicalities of his extradition and indictment, the statements of politicians congratulating Serbia for arresting the war criminal who lived freely for 16 years, some people of Serbia and some Serbs in Bosnia demonstrating in support of Mladic – it all brings a new kind of pain, one that adds insult to injury.
(11) Now, after decades of remaining quietly out of the national spotlight, the gentle hillsides and country lanes of the Yorkshire Wolds are preparing for a deluge of attention brought on by interest in David Hockney's latest paintings.
(12) Gretchen Carlson's lawyer: 'deluge' of women have complaints about Ailes Read more Carlson’s lawyers, Nancy Erika Smith and Martin Hyman, said their client intends to pursue her right to a public jury trial.
(13) Sir John Hegarty, the president of the film jury at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, has warned that the deluge of internet campaigns is threatening to prevent traditional TV commercials getting the recognition they deserve at the industry's premier global awards.
(14) An insolvency specialist today warned of a "deluge" of business failures next year, saying the UK is in the mid-point of a W-shaped recession.
(15) That effort backfired as Israel faced a deluge of embarrassing revelations about the case which appeared to expose the detailed workings of its overseas intelligence agency in the most graphic detail, as well as the growing irritation of Israel's allies over the Mossad's behaviour.
(16) That’s largely based on extrapolating extreme – and unjustifiable – cases of abuse: as somebody who has been deluged with rightwing abuse, I’ve never tried to argue that those behind it are representative of the right.
(17) Still, she could have been little prepared for the deluge of publicity on Friday, when Argyll and Bute council was forced into a humiliating climbdown over a decision to effectively close the blog, by banning photography in the school dining hall.
(18) How do we sift through this deluge of data to find the right insights?
(19) Concerns about halal certifications have circulated among critics of Islam for years but became prominent last November after a South Australian dairy company was deluged with abuse on social media for deciding to certify its products.
(20) Despite the anticipated deluge of screening examinations in the next decade, there were only 17 fellowships that included at least 6 months of mammography identified in 15 (7%) of the institutions; only 11 of these were full-time 1-year breast imaging fellowships.