Definition of SUPERANNUATED

superannuated

Verb

  • retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
  • declare to be obsolete
  • become obsolete
  • retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
  • simple past and past participle of superannuate

Adjective Satellite

  • too old to be useful; - Anthony Trollope
    • "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"
  • old; no longer valid or fashionable
    • "superannuated laws"

Adj

  • Obsolete, antiquated.
  • Retired or discarded due to age.

Origin / Etymology

From the Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), from super (“over”) (English super-) + annus (“year”) (English annual).

Synonyms

out-of-date, outdated, over-the-hill, overage, overaged, superannuate, Havishamesque, Miss Havishamesque, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, decrepit, defunct, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elder, elderly, expired, extinct, fossilized, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, idle, ivy-covered, long in the tooth, matured, obsolete, of a certain age, old, old as Methuselah, old school, old-fashioned, oldfangled, on in years, out of date, out of fashion, outmoded, outworn, over the hill, parachronistic, passé, preserved, senior, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, wintry, workless

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