superannuated

[US]/ˌsuːpərˈænjueɪtɪd/
[UK]/ˌsuːpərˈænjueɪtɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. jubilado y recibiendo una pensión, obsoleto.
Word Forms
Participio pasadosuperannuated

Example Sentences

a superannuated employee

un empleado superanuitado

she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday.

ella no está jubilada y no tiene vacaciones pagadas.

Real-world Examples

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

Nada es más agotador que un pedagogo superado.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

He could have spared a world of superannuated history, science, or politics, to have reversed better in waltzing.

Podría haberse ahorrado un mundo de historia, ciencia o política superada, para haber mejorado en el vals.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

The husband's business was that of a gunmaker in a thriving city northwards, and his soul was in that business always; the lady was best characterized by that superannuated phrase of elegance 'a votary of the muse'.

El negocio del esposo era el de un fabricante de armas en una ciudad próspera al norte, y su alma estaba siempre en ese negocio; la dama se caracterizaba mejor por esa frase superada de elegancia 'una devota de las musas'.

Source: Wessex Novels (Volume 1)

When I have written a phrase which undoubtedly embodies a happy turn of thought, I find it dressed up in feeble commonplace; and when the style is good, it serves only to conceal the baldness of superannuated fancies.

Cuando he escrito una frase que sin duda encarna un feliz giro de pensamiento, la encuentro vestida con un trivialidad débil; y cuando el estilo es bueno, solo sirve para ocultar la desnudez de las fantasías superadas.

Source: Three mysterious people

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