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superannuated

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


ADJECTIVE
very old
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But today Iran’s proxies are weakened, its economy is fragile, its population is restless and its leadership is superannuated.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

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 Apr. 3, 2024

Before they can solve that mystery and save their lives, the superannuated Sphinxes have to deal with the vicious Brad.

From Washington Post Sep. 13, 2022

It’s a poignant, faintly surreal encounter, two superannuated grandees coming to terms with their own obsolescence, but Morgan felt it didn’t quite work as an ending.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2019

At about one o’clock we came at last to old 64, a lonesome, superannuated two-lane road through the mountains.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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