Dissipated
/ˈdɪsɪpeɪtɪd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of dissipate form-of, participle, past
"James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions."
Adjective
- 1 Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
Adjective
- 1 preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance wordnet
- 2 unrestrained by convention or morality wordnet
Example
More examples"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."