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lapsed
(lăpst)adj.
No longer active or practicing: a lapsed Catholic; a lapsed club member.
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Adj. | 1. | lapsed - no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic" irreligious - hostile or indifferent to religion |
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lapsed
adjective
1. expired, ended, finished, run out, invalid, out of date, discontinued, unrenewed He returned to the Party after years of lapsed membership.
2. backsliding, uncommitted, lacking faith, nonpractising She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
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lapsed
adj Catholic → abtrünnig, vom Glauben abgefallen; insurance policy → abgelaufen, verfallen
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lapsed
[læpst] adj (contract, law, passport) → scaduto/alapsed Catholic → cattolico/a non praticante
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