superseded

[soo-per-see-did]

adjective

1. set aside as void, useless, irrelevant, or obsolete, usually in consideration of something mentioned.

   If a document has not been rescinded, but a portion of the content no longer applies, the superseded portion will be grayed out electronically.

2. succeeded or supplanted in position, office, etc., by another person.

   To avoid any dissension over the new army chief’s appointment, the superseded General chose to retire rather than continue serving in another role.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of supersede.

Other Word Forms

• unsuperseded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of superseded¹

supersede ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

He also claimed UK courts had decided the rights of undocumented migrants superseded those of the "local community".

From BBC

She said she believed that three years into the war, with hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded on the Ukrainian side alone, the preservation of life superseded all concerns over land.

From BBC

A ruling by a Kern County Superior Court judge that found the certification process under the card-check law as “likely unconstitutional” was superseded in October by an appellate court, which is still reviewing the case.

From Los Angeles Times

Ten years later, a state law superseded the ruling, but only after Palmer’s faux-Italianate buildings lined the north and west edges of downtown, instead of the affordable housing that so many needed.

From Los Angeles Times

So let’s not pretend that McKinleyist neo-imperialism is gone forever, but for a while there it seemed superseded by an overtly ideological program of right-wing global conquest, which to this point has gone remarkably poorly.

From Salon