superannuated

[ soo-per-an-yoo-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. retired because of age or infirmity.
2. too old for use, work, service, or a position.
3. antiquated or obsolete:

   superannuated ideas.

superannuated

/ ˌsuːpərˈænjʊˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. discharged, esp with a pension, owing to age or illness
2. too old to serve usefully
3. obsolete

Word History and Origins

Origin of superannuated¹

1625–35; alteration (with -u- of annual ) of Medieval Latin superannātus over a year old (said of cattle), equivalent to super ann ( um ) beyond a year + -ātus -ate ¹; -ed ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of superannuated¹

C17: from Medieval Latin superannātus aged more than one year, from Latin super- + annus a year

Example Sentences

Disney may have figured that it had a couple of surefire hits in its pipeline with “The Marvels” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” a sequel in that already superannuated series.

From Los Angeles Times

But President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is modernizing this superannuated city, fast.

From New York Times

In the opening pages of "The Passenger," we are introduced to an otherworldly character called The Thalidomide Kid who stands three feet tall, is covered with scars, wields flippers for hands "sort of like a seal has" and engages with the doomed heroine via a burlesque of costumes, superannuated puns and double entendre.

From Salon

The simultaneous inward intensity of feeling and outward diffidence, the emotional and moral dangers of simulation, the hot alien beauty of the city ... it superannuated ‘The Day of the Locust’ and gave either a template or at minimum an inflection to the fiction that came afterward.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The Crown” depicts him and Charles holding a private meeting in which a frustrated prince lobbies the prime minister for help in pushing the queen to abdicate because she is superannuated and poses a threat to the monarchy’s survival.

From New York Times