middle-aged

[ mid-l-eyjd ]

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.

Origin of middle-aged

First recorded in 1600–10

Other words from middle-aged

mid·dle-a·ged·ly [mid-l-ey-jid-lee, -eyjd-], /ˈmɪd lˈeɪ dʒɪd li, -ˈeɪdʒd-/, adverb
mid·dle-a·ged·ness, noun

Words Nearby middle-aged

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How to use middle-aged in a sentence

At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.
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But of course, many middle aged and older Afghans have more than enough experience of violence and disorder to be cautious.
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Nothing says class like a middle-aged woman shaming two teenaged girls on social media for not being Stepford Children!
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middle-aged, out-of-shape Putin sat idle and silent as his dreams and hopes for the future were destroyed.
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Rumors about unmarried middle-aged people, regardless of profession or gender, are sadly as common there as elsewhere.
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This senior was middle-aged, and passing rich on eighty pounds a year.
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In his younger days Jacob Worse had been a little wild, and was now a jovial middle-aged man, about fifty years of age.
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Sometimes this cup was won by a middle-aged man, sometimes by a girl, and sometimes by a trained athlete.
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middle-aged people at Zurich recollect when the old "Grindel" was still standing at the mouth of their river.
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853 | Various
He looked up as a middle-aged man with a drooping mustache approached.
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British Dictionary definitions for middle-aged

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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