middle-aged

[mid-l-eyjd]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
characteristic of or suitable for persons of this age.

middle-aged

adjective

of, relating to, or being in the time in a person's life between youth and old age

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Other Word Forms

middle-agedly adverb
middle-agedness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle-aged¹

First recorded in 1600–10

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Example Sentences

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I used to love it, and now my tummy is too middle-aged for it.

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“Thank you, Mike White, for believing in a middle-aged woman, and believing in a legend! Thank you, HBO, for believing in a legend!”

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“Clara has run several championship races and won and walked off the track. It’s just weird that she celebrates one time and now people, these strangers, these middle-aged people want to chase after her character?”

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Originally, King was inspired only to write the middle-aged Chuck chapters, and then a year later he bound those pieces together by adding the boyhood kicker and its superfluous supernatural element.

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The organizer directed him to a nearby table where he met a smiley, middle-aged medium.

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