1. A modification or alteration that reverts to previous methods, practices, or policies; a change that moves away from progress or modernization
The company's decision to eliminate remote work was seen as a backward-looking change that frustrated many employees.
A decisão da empresa de eliminar o trabalho remoto foi vista como uma mudança retrospectiva que frustrou muitos funcionários.
2. In software or system design, an update that applies retroactively to past data or configurations
The backward-looking change in the database schema affected all historical records.
A mudança retrospectiva no esquema do banco de dados afetou todos os registros históricos.