superannuated

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

Translation

adj. 退職して年金を受け取っている、時代遅れの。
Word Forms
過去分詞superannuated

Example Sentences

a superannuated employee

退職した従業員

she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday.

彼女は退職しておらず、有給休暇はありません。

Real-world Examples

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

古びた教育者ほど疲れるものはない。

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.

彼は、ワルツをより良く踊るために、古びた歴史、科学、または政治の世界を省くことができただろう。

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'.

夫の仕事は北の繁栄した都市での銃器製造業であり、彼の魂は常にその仕事にあった;その女性は古びた優雅さの表現「ミューズの信者」によって最も特徴づけられる。

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.

私が幸せな考えの転換を間違いなく表現したフレーズを書いたとき、それは弱々しい平凡さに飾られていることがわかる;そしてスタイルが良いとき、それはただ古びた空想の無さを隠すだけの役割を果たす。

Source: Three mysterious people

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