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Dark Ages

Dark Ag·es


plural noun 
Definition:
 
1. period before Middle Ages: the period of European history between the fall of the Roman Empire in ad 476 and about ad 1000, for which there are few historical records and during which life was comparatively uncivilized

2. undeveloped state: an undeveloped state, way of life, or way of doing things ( informal )
Computers were in their Dark Ages a few decades ago.

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