adj
superannuated
Superannuated (adj) means Out of date; old-fashioned.
adj
1
Out of date; old-fashioned.
"Your correspondent has a handful of superannuated computers lying around the home. The sprightliest of the bunch—a 400-megahertz Pentium II that came loaded with Windows NT4.0—has found a new lease on life as a Linux server."
— , Sledgehammers and hard drives (2007)
"Klein, Monbiot and Bill McKibben all insist that we cannot avert the ecological disaster that confronts us without loosening the grip of that superannuated zombie ideology."
— Rob Nixon, Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ (2014)
2
No longer used or employed because of age.
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Etymology
Comes from Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), formed from super (“over”) (related to English super-) and annus (“year”) (related to English annual).
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What is the meaning of superannuated?
"superannuated" (adj) means out of date; old-fashioned.
What is another word for superannuated?
Other words for "superannuated" include overaged, outdated, obsolete, overage.
What is the opposite of superannuated?
Opposites of "superannuated" include youthful, vigorous, juvenile.
What are the different meanings of superannuated?
"superannuated" has 2 main meanings: 1. Out of date; old-fashioned; 2. No longer used or employed because of age.
