# expired

Pronunciation: US say "ik-SPYRD" /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)d/; UK say "ik-SPY-uhd" /ɪkˈspaɪəd/

## Adjective

1. No longer valid because the period for which something applied has come to an end.
   - Simple: No longer able to be used because its date has passed.
   - _The border agent waved her through despite the nearly expired visa._
   - _He couldn't return the item with an expired receipt._
3. No longer living; having died.
   - Simple: No longer alive, or dead.
   - _The coroner examined the expired body for signs of trauma._
   - _An expired patient lay in the far bed, awaiting transfer to the morgue._
4. Having been breathed out from the lungs, as of air or gas leaving the body.
   - Simple: Breathed out from the lungs.
   - _The device analyzes expired gas to estimate metabolic rate._
   - _Expired air carries less oxygen than the air we breathe in._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of expire. — simple past and past participle of expire
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of expire. Use it for something that has come to an end.
   - _The lease expired before the tenants found a new place._
   - _By the time we checked, the medication had expired._

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