What does over-the-hill mean?

over-the-hill means "too old to be useful".

How many syllables are in over-the-hill?

over-the-hill has 4 syllables and divides as o-ver--the--hill under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for over-the-hill?

Close synonyms include overage, overaged, superannuated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is over-the-hill a common word?

over-the-hill is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Over-the-hill — meaning, 3 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
too old to be useful
“He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders”
Synonymsoverage overaged superannuated
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What does over-the-hill mean?: over-the-hill means "too old to be useful".
How many syllables are in over-the-hill?: over-the-hill has 4 syllables and divides as o-ver--the--hill under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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