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Adjective superannuated has 3 senses

retired, superannuated - discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"
Antonyms: young, immature (indirect, via old)
overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill - too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
Antonyms: young, immature (indirect, via old)
obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, superannuated - old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"
Antonym: current (indirect, via noncurrent)

Verb superannuate has 4 senses

superannuate - retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
--₁ is one way to retire

Derived form: noun superannuation₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
superannuate - declare to be obsolete
--₂ is one way to declare, adjudge, hold

Derived form: noun superannuation₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
superannuate - become obsolete
--₃ is one way to change

Derived form: noun superannuation₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
superannuate - retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
--₄ is one way to retire
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody