Time-expired
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Time-expired is an adjective meaning (of a soldier, prisoner etc.) Whose time has expired, having served their time.
Meaning
(of a soldier, prisoner etc.) Whose time has expired, having served their time.
More Meanings
- Where a period of time, during which something can be sold or used, has expired.
- (of a structure) At the end of its life.
Example Sentences
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.
Synonyms for time-expired
Depending on context, synonyms include life-expired.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include effete, expired, late, war-weary, superannuated, gone.
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