superannuated
 (a.)落伍的


 Su·per·an·nu·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superannuated p. pr. & vb. n. Superannuating.]
 1. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
 2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.


 superannuated
      adj 1: discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
             pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: retired]
      2: too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support
         of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
         [syn: overage, overaged, over-the-hill]
      3: old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete
         words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment";
         "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: obsolete,
          outdated, out-of-date]