Fossilized
Fossilized adjective - Having passed its time of use or usefulness.
Usage example: fossilized notions about the proper place of women in society
Old and fossilized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Fossilized".
Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Fossilized and old are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fossilized" instead an adjective "Old".
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There was also Fry's puppy, who grew old and fossilized waiting for his master to come back.
Source: Unbroken Vigil -
Here, Seymour and Audrey are aged down to 13 years old, and rather than from outer space, the plant came from a fossilized prehistoric seed.
Source: Animated Adaptation - Fry finds his old dog from the 20th century fossilized in a construction site.
Source: Must Make Amends
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