anachronistic
belonging to the wrong time period
Root
- chron / chrono: time
Other words with the chron / chrono root
- anachronism: something placed in the wrong time
- chronic: lasting a long time or recurring
- chronological: arranged by time order
- chronology: the order of events in time
- synchronize: to make things happen at the same time
Anachronistic means out of time: a thing dropped into the wrong century.
A smartphone in a medieval drama would be hilariously anachronistic.