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superannuated
1) incapacitated or retired because of age; 2) obsolete
The ward was filled to capacity with superannuated veterans.
Related English words: superannuate (to allow to retire because of old age; to set aside because of old age), superannuation (a superannuating or being superannuated).
Latin root words: super (prep. w/ acc.) - over, above; annus, anni, m. - year
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