middle-aged

[ mid-l-eyjd ]

adjective

1. being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
2. characteristic of or suitable for persons of this age.

middle-aged

adjective

1. of, relating to, or being in the time in a person's life between youth and old age

Other Words From

• mid·dle-a·ged·ly [mid, -l-, ey, -jid-lee, -, eyjd, -], adverb
• middle-aged·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of middle-aged¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.

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But of course, many middle aged and older Afghans have more than enough experience of violence and disorder to be cautious.

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Nothing says class like a middle-aged woman shaming two teenaged girls on social media for not being Stepford Children!

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Middle-aged, out-of-shape Putin sat idle and silent as his dreams and hopes for the future were destroyed.

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Rumors about unmarried middle-aged people, regardless of profession or gender, are sadly as common there as elsewhere.

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This senior was middle-aged, and passing rich on eighty pounds a year.

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In his younger days Jacob Worse had been a little wild, and was now a jovial middle-aged man, about fifty years of age.

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Sometimes this cup was won by a middle-aged man, sometimes by a girl, and sometimes by a trained athlete.

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Middle-aged people at Zurich recollect when the old "Grindel" was still standing at the mouth of their river.

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He looked up as a middle-aged man with a drooping mustache approached.

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