superannuated

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

Translation

adj. aposentado e recebendo uma pensão, obsoleto.
Word Forms
Particípio passadosuperannuated

Example Sentences

a superannuated employee

um funcionário aposentado.

she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday.

ela não está aposentada e não tem férias remuneradas.

Real-world Examples

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

Nada é mais cansativo do que um pedagogo aposentado.

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.

Ele poderia ter evitado um mundo de história, ciência ou política superada, para ter dançado melhor.

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'.

O negócio do marido era o de um fabricante de armas em uma cidade próspera ao norte, e sua alma estava sempre naquele negócio; a dama era melhor caracterizada por aquela frase superada de elegância 'uma devota das 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.

Quando escrevo uma frase que inquestionavelmente incorpora um pensamento feliz, a encontro vestida com banalidade fraca; e quando o estilo é bom, serve apenas para esconder a nudez de fantasias superadas.

Source: Three mysterious people

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