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/sˌuːpəɹˈænjuːˌeɪtɪd/
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ADJECTIVE
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old; no longer valid or fashionable
out-of-date ideas
an obsolete locomotive
obsolete words
superannuated laws
outdated equipment
obsolete words -
too old to be useful
He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders
How To Use superannuated In A Sentence
- Superannuated anchorman Dan Rather plays the toast.
- It is further proof that in the department of a superannuated squad who have witnessed Mourinho's ruthless side more often than not, Drogba is the ultimate survivor.
- I'm on the money train now and am looking forward to a modestly superannuated future.
- Underwood - a superannuated widower - has two daughters.
- I know that the economy of rural Ireland operates in a hermetically sealed way, oblivious to the world of Dublin and its superannuated airheads.
- Without regressive evolution to prune the phenotype, all species would be encumbered by billion-year-long lists of superannuated traits.
- Autobiography used to be the preserve of hammy actors, gammy lieutenant commanders and superannuated hangers-on to the Bloomsbury Group.
- The superannuated may perhaps devote themselves to reflection and advice.
- Mind you, the annals of British sportscasting contain many examples of superannuated pundits who soldier on well past their sell-by dates.
- In the first place, he is superannuated in his spiritual functions, and, being so, has to do something less harassing and laborious than spiritualizing Ethiopians to supply the domestic exchequer; anglice, to find beef and potatoes for a beloved wife and four little boys. Pictures of Slavery in Church and State; Including Personal Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. etc. with an Appendix, Containing the Views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on Slavery