lapsed
adjective/læpst/
/læpst/
[only before noun]- (of a contract, an agreement, etc.) no longer legally acceptable because the period of time that it lasts has come to an end
- a lapsed subscription
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- having stopped believing in or practising your religion
- a lapsed Catholic
- lapsed faith
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