HIDEBOUND


Meaning of HIDEBOUND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ haɪdbaʊnd ]

If you describe someone or something as hidebound , you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change.

The men are hidebound and reactionary...

The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.

ADJ : oft ADJ by n [ disapproval ]

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