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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of a soldier, prisoner etc.) Whose time has expired, having served their time..
At the same time the civil engineers knew that the older of the two Clyde bridges was in need of early renewal. The signalling engineers solved their problem by concluding that bi-directional working over all running lines on the later, wider bridge would allow the elimination of the time-expired structure.
Use time-expired when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Time-expired means (of a soldier, prisoner etc.) Whose time has expired, having served their time..
Common synonyms include life-expired.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At the same time the civil engineers knew that the older of the two Clyde bridges was in need of early renewal. The signalling engineers solved their problem by concluding that bi-directional working over all running lines on the later, wider bridge would allow the elimination of the time-expired structure.
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