superannuated
UK/sju:pә'rænjueitid/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Retired because of old age; too old to be useful.
年老退休的；老得不中用的。
adj.
Outdated or obsolete; no longer in use.
过时的；陈旧废弃的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsuper- (beyond) + annu (year) + -ated = 'carried beyond one's years.' Someone superannuated has passed the working age and is retired on a pension. The word then widened to anything that has outlived its useful years — superannuated machines, superannuated ideas.
Root ann still carries 9 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.superannuated equipment老旧设备
- 2.superannuated ideas过时的观念
- 3.superannuated system老化的系统
- 4.superannuated employee退休员工
Example Sentences
- 1.
The factory still relies on superannuated machinery from the 1970s.
- 2.
His views on the economy now sound rather superannuated.
- 3.
Many superannuated teachers returned to help during the shortage.