1
: fatigued by overwork : exhausted
a jaded horse
2
: made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by having or seeing too much of something
jaded network viewers
jaded voters
jadedly
adverb
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.
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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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The film weaves together multiple storylines of jaded staff, eccentric patrons, and an unhinged manager navigating their final shift.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2025
The jaded, exhausted Indiana fan might juxtapose the NIL pool against this relatively low-profile group and wonder where the money went.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra As always, the CSO has a season packed with masterful guest artists – cellist Yo Yo Ma, conductor Dame Jane Glover and pianists Daniil Trifonov and Helene Grimaud, among many others – and concerts that will teach even the most jaded musical ears some new lessons.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2025
The jaded, exhausted Indiana fan might juxtapose the NIL pool against this relatively low-profile group and wonder where the money went.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra As always, the CSO has a season packed with masterful guest artists – cellist Yo Yo Ma, conductor Dame Jane Glover and pianists Daniil Trifonov and Helene Grimaud, among many others – and concerts that will teach even the most jaded musical ears some new lessons.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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