Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Retired or ineffective because of advanced age.
- adjective Outmoded; obsolete.
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- adjective
Obsolete ,antiquated . - adjective
Retired ordiscarded due to age. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
superannuate .
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- adjective too old to be useful
- adjective old; no longer valid or fashionable
Etymologies
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Examples
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The AARP, self-styled lobby for the superannuated, is trying to rally oldsters behind ObamaCare.
'Terrifying Numbers for Democrats' James Taranto 2010
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There was a black barge, or some other kind of superannuated boat, not far off, high and dry on the ground, with an iron funnel sticking out of it for a chimney and smoking very cosily; but nothing else in the way of a habitation that was visible to me.
David Copperfield 2007
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On August 5, 1803, Alexander was pensioned as "superannuated" by the board, and retired on an allowance of £677 a year (Irish money), but continued to live in Dublin, until sometime before 1810, when he removed to Inveresk, Scotland.
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There was a black barge, or some other kind of superannuated boat, not far off, high and dry on the ground, with an iron funnel sticking out of it for a chimney and smoking very cosily; but nothing else in the way of a habitation that was visible to me.
III. I Have a Change 1917
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There was a black barge, or some other kind of superannuated boat, not far off, high and dry on the ground, with an iron funnel sticking out of it for a chimney and smoking very cosily; but nothing else in the way of a habitation that was visible to me.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Could His poor, feeble, "superannuated" old servant ever speak the message that needed to be spoken that night?
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[39] Mordaunt Ricketts was Resident at Lucknow between 1821 and 1830, when he was 'superannuated' owing to financial scandals, for the details of which see Sir G. Trevelyan, _Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay_, cap.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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There was a black barge, or some other kind of superannuated boat, not far off, high and dry on the ground, with an iron funnel sticking out of it for a chimney and smoking very cosily; but nothing else in the way of a habitation that was visible to me.
David Copperfield 1850
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There was a black barge, or some other kind of superannuated boat, not far off, high and dry on the ground, with an iron funnel sticking out of it for a chimney and smoking very cosily; but nothing else in the way of a habitation that was visible to me.
David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1841
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"Your wife, what is she?" said Sarcus the rich, one day, when unable to digest the fatal word "superannuated," applied to a piece of furniture he had just bought at a bargain.
Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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