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superannuated

[soo-per-an-yoo-ey-tid] / ˌsu pərˈæn yuˌeɪ tɪd /


ADJECTIVE
very old
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The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch Superannuated author Bradley Pearson looks back on his affair with the daughter of a friend and rival author.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2010

Superannuated as a fad, running is beginning to express itself more and more in the tongues of a subculture.

From Time Magazine Archive

He belonged to that colony of the Superannuated who had settled down in this pleasant place to wearily drag out the end of their days.

From Good Blood by Wildenbruch, Ernst Von

I have therefore given directions for a deed of trust to be prepared, which will state that I hold this money in trust for the "Superannuated Minister's Fund of the Methodist Church of Canada."

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)

The National Convention of that year appointed a committee to consider the proposal of the Philadelphia printers for the establishment of an "Asylum for Superannuated and Indigent Printers."

From Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by Kennedy, James B.




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