Long past
Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Both terms in one sentence
- Japan's first album Adolescent Sex is an old shame for David Sylvian, who has long past moved from its camp synth glam rock to sophisticated ambient music.
Source: Old Shame / Music -
Leopard 1 The old workhorse of the Bundeswehr, well loved by the troops, but its best days were long past when it was phased out in 2003.
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The thing underneath Old Father Tree was one in an age so long past that the Lady barely remembers it.
Source: Literature / The Black Company
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