Definition of Lapsed

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Lapsed

of Lapse

Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.

Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.

Related Definitions:

As, Away, Backward, By, Downward, Figurative, Forfeited, Having, Ineffectual, Insurance, Lapse, Lapsed, Legacy, Lost, Neglect, Of, Or, Policy, Position, Privilege, Restricted, Slipped, To, Void

Lapsed Quotations

I lapsed into rude.
Dennis Miller

I'm a lapsed altar boy.
Guillermo del Toro

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.
Alice Meynell

Lapsed Translations

lapsed in Dutch is gammel, aftands, bouwvallig
lapsed in Finnish is raihnas
lapsed in Portuguese is decorrido

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