middle-agedadjective
uk/ˌmɪd.əlˈeɪdʒd/us/ˌmɪd.əlˈeɪdʒd/B1 in middle age:
They're a middle-aged couple, with grown-up children.
disapproving too careful and not showing the enthusiasm, energy, or style of someone young:
What a conventional, middle-aged attitude he has to life!
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- The company is run almost entirely by middle-aged men.
- Most company directors are middle-aged men, but this 28-year-old woman is an exception that proves the rule.
- He looked a bit offended when you called him middle-aged.
- The dance floor was full of middle-aged couples smooching to slushy ballads.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- arrive
- autumn
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood
- decline
- get on
- girlhood
- glory days
- golden age
- heyday
- middlescence
- midlife
- midlife crisis
- old age
- prime
- twilight
- twilight years idiom
- youth
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Tedious and uninspiring