1
: feeling or showing a lack of interest or excitement that is caused by having done or experienced too much of something
… jaded celebrities who have seen it all and then some …—
Daphne Merkin
Daphne Merkina jaded attitude
2
: fatigued by overwork : exhausted
… a weary actor jaded by the performance of a difficult part.—Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
jadedly
adverb
If there is a theme to these shows—with their world-weary kids and less-than-super heroes—it's casting a jadedly funny grown-up eye on the memories and characters of childhood.
—James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik
jadedness
noun
Examples of jaded in a Sentence
Oh, yes, mate, they're all jaded here now—their last gasps of innocence sucked out of them by Olympic pharaohs who at first played a blatant game of bait-and-switch with Games tickets, furtively putting aside vast quantities of the best seats to sell to fat cats at higher prices.
—Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept. 2000
I'm jaded with the pulls on me that I can't answer to.
—Robert Frost, letter, 12 Aug. 1924
He became jaded from years of work as a police officer.
a public jaded by political scandals
Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept. 2000
I'm jaded with the pulls on me that I can't answer to.
—Robert Frost, letter, 12 Aug. 1924
He became jaded from years of work as a police officer.
a public jaded by political scandals
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In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
Their bond is forged when the children’s TV show host helps the jaded journalist navigate a difficult relationship with his problematic father.
—Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Ripe with archival deep cuts, creative director Gherardo Felloni mined styles from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s for this lineup of covetable new designs that had even the most jaded of stylists, editors, and celebrities oohing and aahing.
—Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
But the time is ripe to spring the combination on a distracted, jaded public.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
Their bond is forged when the children’s TV show host helps the jaded journalist navigate a difficult relationship with his problematic father.
—Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Ripe with archival deep cuts, creative director Gherardo Felloni mined styles from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s for this lineup of covetable new designs that had even the most jaded of stylists, editors, and celebrities oohing and aahing.
—Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
But the time is ripe to spring the combination on a distracted, jaded public.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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