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Meaning of 'dissipated' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dissipated [ a.]
- Squandered; scattered.
- Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
2 . Dissipated [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Dissipate

Meaning of 'dissipated' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dissipated [ s]
Meaning (1):
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
Example in sentence:
  • a betting man;
  • a card-playing son of a bitch;
  • a gambling fool;
  • led a dissipated life;
  • sporting gents and their ladies
Meaning (2):
- unrestrained by convention or morality
Example in sentence:
  • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society;
  • deplorably dissipated and degraded;
  • fast women;
  • riotous living

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