Matured, less common, is a synonym:

Matured, less common, is a synonym:
    Angela Neustatter's... career has been in journalism where, as on the screen, newness and freshness are especially esteemed and, in her words, 'to hell with us matured folk'. (Daily Telegraph, 28 January 1996)
   A mature student is not necessarily a wise and well-rounded one, but an adult who has rejoined academe as a pupil, usually on a full-time basis.

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