SUPERANNUATION

superannuation

(noun) the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)

obsoleteness, superannuation

(noun) the property of being out of date and not current

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

superannuation (usually uncountable, plural superannuations)

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one′s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension.

(uncountable) The condition or of being superannuated; old age or obsolescence.

Synonyms

• (retirement fund): pension, super (colloquial)

• (act of being superannuated): retirement

Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*an`nu*a"tion, n.

Definition: The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude. The world itself is in a state of superannuation. Cowper. Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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