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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. too old to be useful;
- Example: "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 old; no longer valid or fashionable;
- Example: "obsolete words"
- Example: "an obsolete locomotive"
- Example: "outdated equipment"
- Example: "superannuated laws"
- Example: "out-of-date ideas"
[syn: outdated, out-of-date, superannuated]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of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope [syn: overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill] 2: old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: outdated, out-of-date, superannuated]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obsolescent, obsolete, of other times, old, old-fashioned, old-world, on pension, on the shelf, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, past use, pensioned, pensioned off, petrified, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, superannuate, superseded, worn-out