Adjective
In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
Usage- idiomatic
- Informal
Having become a fossil; no longer productive.
Adjective
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
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obsolete fossilized ways
an ossified bureaucratic system