superannuated

• “The AARP, self-styled lobby for the superannuated, is trying to rally oldsters behind ObamaCare.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'Terrifying Numbers for Democrats'

• “On August 5, 1803, Alexander was pensioned as "superannuated" by the board, and retired on an allowance of £677 a year (Irish money), but continued to live in Dublin, until sometime before 1810, when he removed to Inveresk, Scotland.”

  Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776

• “Could His poor, feeble, "superannuated" old servant ever speak the message that needed to be spoken that night?”

  On Christmas Day In The Evening

• “[39] Mordaunt Ricketts was Resident at Lucknow between 1821 and 1830, when he was 'superannuated' owing to financial scandals, for the details of which see Sir G. Trevelyan, _Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay_, cap.”

  Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society

• “There was a black barge, or some other kind of superannuated boat, not far off, high and dry on the ground, with an iron funnel sticking out of it for a chimney and smoking very cosily; but nothing else in the way of a habitation that was visible to me.”

  David Copperfield

• “Your wife, what is she?" said Sarcus the rich, one day, when unable to digest the fatal word "superannuated," applied to a piece of furniture he had just bought at a bargain.”

  Sons of the Soil

• “They are very politick, in waging, and carrying on their, War, first by advising with all the ancient Men of Conduct and Reason, that belong to their Nation; such as superannuated War-Captains, and those that have been Counsellors for many Years, and whose Advice has commonly succeeded very well.”

  A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And A Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd Thro' Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, &c.

• “It's not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society.”

  The Huffington Post: Justice Scalia: Women Don't Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination

• “The personalities jump off the page, none more so than Louis XIV, whose superannuated yearning for his second and secret wife, Madame de Maintenon, cannot fail to raise a chuckle.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Sentimental Journeys

• “John L CrawleySkipton, North Yorkshire• So-called "stellar dons", some of them superannuated, the remainder now to be drawing top salaries from several institutions, will exploit the resources of the University of London for their private enrichment.”

  The Guardian: Letters: The shame of this 'gated intellectual community'

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