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The definition of jaded is worn out or dulled over time or by experience.

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An example of jaded is a student who has failed so many tests that he no longer cares about school at all.

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See jaded in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

tired; worn-out; wearied
dulled or satiated, as from overindulgence

Origin: pp. of jade,

Related Forms:

jadedly adverb
jadedness noun

See jaded in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Worn out; wearied: “My father's words had left me jaded and depressed” (William Styron).
Dulled by surfeit; sated: “the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes” (John Simon).
Cynically or pretentiously callous.

Related Forms:

jadˈed·ly adverb

jadˈed·ness noun

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