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Too old to be useful; outdated and no longer effective; retired due to old age.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