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
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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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Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a jaded defense attorney for white-collar criminals, is writing her closing argument, asking the jury to exonerate her client, a corrupt bureaucrat accused of pushing his wife off a balcony.
—Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Even the most jaded executives get excited about new technologies.
—Fred Swaniker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Characters like her — cranky, jaded, childless, older women — do not lead action films.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2024
Trump understands the raw emotion of posting and engaging, the jolt that all but the most jaded users feel whenever the likes and replies start to roll in and the dopamine receptors activate.
—Matthew Kirschenbaum, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
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Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Even the most jaded executives get excited about new technologies.
—Fred Swaniker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Characters like her — cranky, jaded, childless, older women — do not lead action films.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2024
Trump understands the raw emotion of posting and engaging, the jolt that all but the most jaded users feel whenever the likes and replies start to roll in and the dopamine receptors activate.
—Matthew Kirschenbaum, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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