semilapsed

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ lapsed

Adjective

semilapsed (not comparable)

1. Partially lapsed.
   • 2008 June 6, Robin Finn, “No Bed of Roses for a Sudden First Lady”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     MRS. PATERSON, a runner and semilapsed vegetarian — she eats meat once a week to fend off anemia — spends weekdays in Manhattan with her son and commutes to Albany most weekends; she and her husband rented out their house in Guilderland, an Albany suburb, and have moved into the Executive Mansion, where she is continuing Ms. Wall Spitzer’s “greening” initiative.

Anagrams

• mispleased