Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In any aging process, noting a result (usually of a detrimental character) brought about by carrying the process too far: a term frequently used in the logwood industry and by textile colorists.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective too old to be useful.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective too old to be useful

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word overaged.

Examples

  • Clear example of a flip flopper, opportunist, and an overaged moron who thinks the American people have a very short memory span.

    Obama hits McCain for fundraising with Bush 2008

  • Tate was an overaged fifty, and used the letters to blow off steam.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • It happened when Jackie Robinson was trying to claim a fourth title with a heavier fighter, overaged, out of shape, who couldn't knock down a sick chorus girl.

    John Edwards: Ideas Will Ultimately Decide Nomination 2009

  • Cindy looked like a Botoxed, overaged Glinda the Good Witch in that get-up.

    Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit -- Elitist? 2009

  • ITEMS Conventional Wisdom George Foreman Lost the fight, but won the war for overaged fat people everywhere,

    Comebacks Edition 2008

  • As an overaged secondary-school student in Baghdad in the mid-1950s, Saddam found himself drawn to the Arab nationalism sweeping the region, and developed a taste for political intrigue.

    More Than A Madman 2008

  • Scott, who's gone from being a hormone-revved adolescent to a hormone-revved overaged adolescent, gets better at it with every attempt: he and Rudd, at each other's throats, create delightful comic friction.

    The Laugh Factory 2008

  • In any case, Tammy Savage's project has won at least one crucial, though overaged, convert.

    Microsoft Gets A Clue From Its Kiddie Corps 2007

  • The overaged fanboys can lament the demise of Raijin Comics and the failure of DMP to follow through with the seinen side of their initial “mandate” all they want.

    We don’t need no stinkin’ seinen! 2007

  • You write of Roth “sounding like an overaged kid in a bar mitzvah suit trying to get a good check out of Aunt Sadie.”

    He’s no Howard « BuzzMachine 2005

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.