| ADJECTIVE | all | superannuated, overage, overaged, over-the-hill | too old to be useful |
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| all | superannuated, outdated, out-of-date | old |
| Meaning | Too old to be useful. | |
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| Example | "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope | |
| Synonyms | overage, overaged, over-the-hill | |
| Broader | old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age |
| Meaning | old; no longer valid or fashionable. | |
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| Example | "superannuated laws" | |
| Synonyms | outdated, out-of-date | |
| Broader | noncurrent | not current or belonging to the present time |
| Spanish | anticuado, antiguo, desfasado, obsoleto, viejo | |
| Catalan | antic, antiquat, obsolet, vell | |
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