English / idiom
Fuddy-Duddy
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A stubborn, old-fashioned individual who opposes modern innovations, methods, or progress.
In context
01
The factory director was criticized as a fuddy-duddy for rejecting digital workflow dashboards in favor of paper logs.
02
Don't act like a fuddy-duddy when adopting artificial intelligence tools designed to streamline routine operations.
Synonyms
traditionalist,stick-in-the-mud,fossil
Antonyms
innovator,pioneer,progressive
Collocations
old fuddy-duddy,sound like a fuddy-duddy,labeled a fuddy-duddy