superannuated

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superannuated

/ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/

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

adjective more superannuated · most superannuated

Obsolete, antiquated. In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects.
Similar: archaic, dated, out of date, outdated, outmoded, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, prehistoric, backward
Retired or discarded due to age. I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the payment of three to old superannuated servants by my father’s will, and it is amazing how disagreeable she found it.
Similar: decrepit, long in the tooth, over the hill, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, matured, of a certain age, old as Methuselah, on in years

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of superannuate

Translations

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adj obsolete, antiquated

Português	obsoleto, antiquado
Français	obsolète, dépassé
Deutsch	veraltet
Русский	устаре́вший ustarévšij

adj retired or discarded due to age

Português	aposentado
Français	pensionné, licencié
Deutsch	pensioniert, veraltet

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@misc{superannuated_2026,
  title = {superannuated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/superannuated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}