expired
The traveler realized his passport had expired at the airport check-in counter.
Adjective: 1. No longer valid or in effect; having reached the end of a set period of validity. This describes something, typically a document, license, or agreement, that is no longer legally or officially usable because its designated time period has passed. 2. Having come to an end; concluded. This can refer more broadly to something that has finished its duration or ceased to exist.
The word "expired" is primarily used to describe official documents, memberships, subscriptions, or products that are no longer valid after a specific date. It is a formal and common term in administrative, legal, and commercial contexts. It is often used with the verb "to be" (e.g., is expired, are expired).
- Adjective:
- My driver's license is expired; I need to renew it.
- The company cannot accept an expired coupon.
- The lease on the apartment has expired.
- Please check the milk carton to make sure it hasn't expired.
- "to have expired": This perfect tense construction is very common when stating that the validity period has ended.
- Your visa has expired; you must apply for a new one.
- "expired" vs. "invalid": While similar, "expired" specifically implies the end was due to the passage of time. Something can be "invalid" for other reasons (e.g., incorrect information, damage) without having "expired."
- Expire (verb): To come to an end; to cease to be valid.
- My magazine subscription will expire next month.
- Expiration (noun): The ending of the validity or duration of something.
- Please note the expiration date on your credit card.
- Expiry (noun, chiefly British): Synonym for "expiration."
- What is the expiry date on this food product?
- Invalid: Not legally or officially acceptable.
- Lapsed: Having ended, especially due to a failure to renew.
- Void: Completely without legal force or effect.
- Out-of-date: No longer current or modern.
- Valid: Legally or officially acceptable.
- Current: Belonging to the present time; up-to-date.
- Active: In operation or effect.
- Past its expiration date: A more descriptive phrase meaning the same as "expired," often used for food or medicine.
- This yogurt is past its expiration date; don't eat it.
- Run out: (For subscriptions, time) To be completely used up.
- The time for negotiations has run out.
The traveler realized his passport had expired at the airport check-in counter.
- having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time
- an expired passport
- caught driving with an expired license