dissolute
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Dissolute men pine for wives who have ditched them, and dissolute women carp at no-good boyfriends.
From New York Times • May 30, 2017
Dissolute as he was, there was a kindness, a generosity of disposition that made his influence over man or woman most perilous to both.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Robinson, Mary
"Dissolute and degraded!" she said again and again when we were outside.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 by Various
He sent for his attorney, made a new will, and bequeathed his land, houses, goods, and chattels, to Dissolute Dick and his heirs forever.
From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles
In she plunged boldly,— No matter how coldly The dark river ran,— Over the brink of it, Picture it,—think of it, Dissolute Man!
From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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