middle-aged

American  

[mid-l-eyjd] / ˈmɪd lˈeɪdʒd /

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.

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middle-aged British  

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• middle-agedly adverb
• middle-agedness noun

Etymology

Origin of middle-aged

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The middle-aged South Asian couple who had been seated across the aisle is standing between her and us.

From Literature

The recommendation applies particularly to middle-aged people—men over 40 and women over 45.

From The Wall Street Journal

The second, Joan, a middle-aged heiress in Florida, was conned by Ken into believing that he was Jewish and a canny businessman.

From The Wall Street Journal

The characters she plays in that show and in this film are financially cosseted but psychologically adrift, bumping along from one middle-aged frustration, or humiliation, to the next.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using machine learning models, the researchers showed that only a few days of behavioral data from middle-aged fish were enough to estimate lifespan.

From Science Daily