Dissipated

/ˈdɪsɪpeɪtɪd/ adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of dissipate form-of, participle, past

    "James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
Adjective
  1. 1
    preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance wordnet
  2. 2
    unrestrained by convention or morality wordnet

Example

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"When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled."

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