as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
a periodical that insists on using largely superannuated terms like "editress" and "aviatrix"
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Recent Examples of superannuated
Voters hungry for a superannuated boomer president still have that option.
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David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
But catastrophic flooding in 1937 was followed by postwar highway building that displaced thousands of residents, clearing the way for I-75 and the superannuated Brent Spence Bridge.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
That’s supposed to be bad, it’s argued, because our superannuated political leadership is out of touch with the electorate and blocking younger and (theoretically) more vigorous and intellectually vibrant leaders from taking their hour upon the stage.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
Her enjoyable pictures, which first featured in a 2014 French edition, show the adventures of four superannuated farm animals who band together to find a new home in an unfriendly world.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
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David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
But catastrophic flooding in 1937 was followed by postwar highway building that displaced thousands of residents, clearing the way for I-75 and the superannuated Brent Spence Bridge.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
That’s supposed to be bad, it’s argued, because our superannuated political leadership is out of touch with the electorate and blocking younger and (theoretically) more vigorous and intellectually vibrant leaders from taking their hour upon the stage.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
Her enjoyable pictures, which first featured in a 2014 French edition, show the adventures of four superannuated farm animals who band together to find a new home in an unfriendly world.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superannuated
Adjective
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But as technology reshapes health and wellness, that simple number is starting to look obsolete.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Parmar also deliberately streamlines clinic notes by encouraging his providers to avoid the common habit of copying and pasting blocks of obsolete or redundant information in favor of quick updates that can be scanned easily at subsequent visits.—
Helen Ouyang,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So any expansion to what is already a very archaic, cumbersome system will be very hard on small business owners in Michigan.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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When collective desires for liberation are overtaking our political landscape while creating rhetoric around our very bodies to do it, beauty feels almost archaic as a desire.—
Akilah Sailers,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Both are now antiquated relics to be housed, and studied, in a museum.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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That outlook feels askew and antiquated.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The catastrophe, which took place about noon local time, sent one person working on a medieval tower to a hospital while another remained trapped under rubble and debris at the Torre dei Conti.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Torre dei Conti was built by Pope Innocent III for his family and serves as a classic example of a medieval tower-house in Rome.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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The front door was rusty and the old plumbing in the odorous bathroom had to handle a lot of vomit.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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There are real goats and horses here, as well as a snack bar serving funnel cakes, plus hay bales stacked dangerously high, and all manners of rusty farming equipment painted to resemble barnyard animals.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Superannuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superannuated. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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