middle-aged

American  

[mid-l-eyjd] / ˈmɪd lˈeɪdʒd /

adjective

1. being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.

2. characteristic of or suitable for persons of this age.

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middle-aged British  

adjective

1. 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-agedness
  noun
• middle-agedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of middle-aged

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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middle-aged

You are middle-aged and appear to have substantial assets in the form of real estate and, I presume, significant retirement funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“But coming to the text again now, you have a slightly different perspective. It reads differently as a middle-aged man. It’s more about love and loss, a middle-aged love story.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

In middle-aged mice, however, these cells became highly active and began producing large numbers of new fat cells.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026

After a pause Rick said to the clerk, a heavy-jowled, middle-aged woman with netted gray hair, “Do you have a print of Munch’s Puberty?”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick