lapsed

[ lapst ]
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adjective
  1. expired; voided; terminated: a lapsed insurance policy.

  2. no longer committed to or following the tenets of a particular belief, obligation, position, etc.: a lapsed Catholic.

Origin of lapsed

1
First recorded in 1610–20; lapse + -ed2

Other words from lapsed

  • un·lapsed, adjective

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