superannuated
adjective
[ suːpəˈranjʊeɪtɪd ]
• (of a post or employee) belonging to a superannuation scheme.
• "she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday"
• outdated or obsolete through age or new developments.
• "superannuated computing equipment"
Similar:
old,
old-fashioned,
antiquated,
out of date,
outmoded,
anachronistic,
broken-down,
outworn,
obsolete,
disused,
fallen into disuse,
no longer used,
defunct,
moribund,
clapped out,
superannuate
verb
• retire (someone) with a pension.
• "his pilot's licence was withdrawn and he was superannuated"
Similar:
pensioned off,
retired,
pensioned,
elderly,
old,
over the hill,
long in the tooth,
past it,
put out to grass,
Origin:
mid 17th century: back-formation from superannuated, from medieval Latin superannuatus, from Latin super- ‘over’ + annus ‘year’.
