dissipated
adjective
dis·si·pat·ed
ˈdi-sə-ˌpā-təd 
: given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute
dissipatedly
adverb
dissipatedness
noun
Examples of dissipated in a Sentence
the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county
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Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.
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Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.
—Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2022
The break is so complete that there was little left to tell, just a few years in which Capote becomes a dissipated caricature of himself on the way to a lonely and pitiful death.
—al, 11 Oct. 2021
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Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.
—Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2022
The break is so complete that there was little left to tell, just a few years in which Capote becomes a dissipated caricature of himself on the way to a lonely and pitiful death.
—al, 11 Oct. 2021
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“Dissipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissipated. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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