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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 old; no longer valid or fashionable;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- Example: "outdated equipment"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- Example: "out-of-date ideas"
[syn: outdated, out-of-date, superannuated]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    2: old; no longer valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an
       obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated
       laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: outdated, out-of-date,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]