lapsed

Thân thiện

A lapsed gardener's tools sit unused in the shed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • No longer active or practicing: Describes someone who has ceased to follow or participate in a former habit, belief, or membership, especially in a religion or organization.
   • Expired, invalidated: Describes something (like a subscription, policy, or right) that is no longer valid because a time limit has passed.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • He is a lapsed Catholic who no longer attends mass.
  • Her gym membership has lapsed; she needs to renew it.
  • The company failed to pay the fee, so the patent is now lapsed.

Advanced Usage

• "A lapsed [member/adherent]": A person who has abandoned the active practice or beliefs of a group they once belonged to.
  • As a lapsed vegan, she occasionally eats dairy products.
• Used to describe the state of something after a period of non-renewal.
  • The insurance policy was lapsed and provided no coverage for the accident.

Variants and Related Words

• Lapse (verb): To fall from a previous standard or cease to be valid.
  • His attention lapsed during the long lecture.
  • The warranty will lapse after one year.
• Lapse (noun): A temporary failure or a gradual decline.
  • A lapse in judgment.
  • A lapse of time.

Synonyms

• Former: Having previously been a particular thing.
• Expired: No longer valid, having reached the end of a period of validity.
• Non-practicing: Not actively following the rules or rituals of a faith.

Related Phrases

• To let something lapse: To allow a membership, subscription, or right to expire by not renewing it.
  • He let his driver's license lapse while living abroad.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. no longer active or practicing
   • a lapsed Catholic

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nonchurchgoing