superannuated

Questions about superannuated

What does superannuated mean?

superannuated means "too old to be useful". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in superannuated?

superannuated has 6 syllables: su-pe-ran-nu-a-ted. The stress falls on "nu".

What is another word for superannuated?

Close synonyms include overage, overaged, over-the-hill, outdated, out-of-date. 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 superannuated a common word?

superannuated 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.