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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"
  2. [adj]  too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
  3. [adj]  discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"
 
 Synonyms: noncurrent, obsolete, old, outdated, out-of-date, overage, overaged, over-the-hill, retired
 

 

 

 

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