superannuated

[US]/ˌsuːpərˈænjueɪtɪd/
[UK]/ˌsuːpərˈænjueɪtɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. retired and receiving a pension, obsolete.
Word Forms
Past Participlesuperannuated

Example Sentences

a superannuated employee

she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday.

Real-world Examples

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

He could have spared a world of superannuated history, science, or politics, to have reversed better in waltzing.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

The husband's business was that of a gunmaker in a thriving city northwards, and his soul was in that business always; the lady was best characterized by that superannuated phrase of elegance 'a votary of the muse'.

Source: Wessex Novels (Volume 1)

When I have written a phrase which undoubtedly embodies a happy turn of thought, I find it dressed up in feeble commonplace; and when the style is good, it serves only to conceal the baldness of superannuated fancies.

Source: Three mysterious people

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