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superannuated

🇬🇧 UK/sju:pә'rænjueitid/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Too old to be useful; outdated and no longer effective; retired due to old age.

年老退休的;过时的,老朽的

v.

To retire or put out of use because of old age or obsolescence.

因年老而退休;废弃

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
superabove, beyond
+
annyear
+
uconnector
+
atto make, having
+
edpast tense / completed
=superannuated

Common 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 company still relies on superannuated software that crashes every other day.

  • 2.

    Many superannuated professors were replaced by younger faculty with fresh perspectives.

  • 3.

    His superannuated views on management made it difficult for him to lead a modern team.

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