Definition of lapsed
: having ceased to be active in practice, membership, or belief
- a lapsed Catholic
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Illinois apparently had a burst of lapsed ambition and shuffled around only $2.5 million.
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But other reporting indicates that Singer had a preexisting relationship with the firm, having hired them in 2014 as his hedge fund, Elliott Management, fought the Argentine government over billions of dollars in lapsed debt payments.
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His father was Wesley Chase Mathews, a railroad worker and a lapsed Mormon descendant of Welsh immigrant coal miners.
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The senator said the bill would resemble a previously lapsed law that required the attorney general to petition a three-judge panel to choose a prosecutor.
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First Known Use of lapsed
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Definition of lapsed for English Language Learners
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: no longer believing or following the teachings of a religion
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: no longer effective or valid
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