'Superannuated' definitions:
Definition of 'superannuated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope [syn: overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill]
adjective
Old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: outdated, out-of-date, superannuated]
Definition of 'Superannuated'
From: GCIDE
- Superannuate \Su`per*an"nu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superannuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Superannuating.] [Pref. super- + L. annus a year.]
- 1. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'superannuated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abjured,
- antediluvian,
- antiquated,
- antique,
- archaic,
- classical,
- deserted,
- discontinued,
- disused,
- done with,
- emeritus,
- fossil,
- fossilized,
- Gothic,
- grown old,
- in retirement,
- medieval,
- mid-Victorian,
- not worth saving,
- obsolescent,
- obsolete,
- of other times,
- old,
- old-fashioned,
- old-world,
- on pension,
- on the shelf,
- out,
- out of use,
- out-of-date,
- outdated,
- outmoded,
- outworn,
- past use,
- pensioned,
- pensioned off,
- petrified,
- relinquished,
- renounced,
- resigned,
- retired,
- superannuate,
- superseded,
- Victorian,
- worn-out