If you describe someone as middle-aged, you mean that they are neither young nor old. People between the ages of 40 and 60 are usually considered to be middle-aged.
His sisters are grown up and his parents are middle-aged.
Two middle-aged couples stood staring at the camera.
The middle-aged are people who are middle-aged.
...the perfect holiday for the middle-aged.
2. adjective
If you describe someone's activities or interests as middle-aged, you are critical of them because you think they are typical of a middle-aged person, for example by being conventional or old-fashioned.
[disapproval]
Her novels are middle-aged and boring.
middle-aged in British English
adjective
of, relating to, or being in the time in a person's life between youth and old age
middle-aged in American English
(ˈmɪdəlˈeɪdʒd)
adjective
in, of, characteristic of, or suitable for middle age
Examples of 'middle-aged' in a sentence
middle-aged
One employee is seen grabbing the middle-aged man by his jacket and pulling him to the ground.
The Sun (2016)
Its lock was disabled by a middle-aged man who then pushed an elderly woman away on it.
The Sun (2016)
At reception stood a flustered middle-aged man requesting a room.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Take the lively middle-aged woman farther up the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One middle-aged woman in the group said she had considered moving to Canada.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The screaming was coming from a middle-aged woman in trainers and a tracksuit.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One middle-aged couple had grown up in church.
Christianity Today (2000)
But why is a cultured married middle-aged woman networking on the internet?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Young and middle-aged blokes see the doc much less often than women and elderly men.
The Sun (2008)
But it would also mean a ticket featuring two middle-aged white guys.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She had met a middle-aged lady in the lavatories who sympathised.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The clip shows a costumed man approach a middle-aged woman sitting by a bin.
The Sun (2010)
You notice that the couples are either very young or surprisingly middle-aged.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All contained the remains of young or middle-aged men.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A middle-aged white male member of the audience turned round towards him.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A middle-aged lady came in complaining of headaches.
The Sun (2012)
It has become a luxury for the middle-class and middle-aged.
The Sun (2016)
So: is it all over for the middle-aged white man?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At the X-ray machine the security officer was a middle-aged lady with a frisky look.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
middle-aged
British English: middle-aged /ˈmɪdlˌeɪdʒd/ ADJECTIVE
Middle-aged people are between the ages of about 40 and 60.