superseded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   If a document has not been rescinded, but a portion of the content no longer applies, the superseded portion will be grayed out electronically.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   To avoid any dissension over the new army chief’s appointment, the superseded General chose to retire rather than continue serving in another role.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

“Everywhere and everyone was connected,” Mr. Samson writes, “operating as part of an integrated system that superseded ethnic differences.”

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Which companies or therapeutic classes may be superseded by Chinese assets?

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He also claimed UK courts had decided the rights of undocumented migrants superseded those of the "local community".

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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into the war, with hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded on the Ukrainian side alone, the preservation of life superseded all concerns over land.

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Superior Court judge that found the certification process under the card-check law as “likely unconstitutional” was superseded in October by an appellate court, which is still reviewing the case.

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