[syn: outdated, out-of-date, superannuated]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
superannuated
adj 1: 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]
2: old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an
obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated
laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: outdated, out-of-date,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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "superannuated":
Gothic, Victorian, abandoned, abjured, antediluvian, antiquated,
antique, archaic, classical, deserted, discontinued, disused,
done with, emeritus, fossil, fossilized, 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on the shelf, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded,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superseded, worn-out