disengaged

adjective

dis·​en·​gaged ˌdis-in-ˈgājd 

1

: not mentally or emotionally involved or engaged

disengaged employees/students

2

: detached sense 2

a disengaged observer

Examples of disengaged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In our interview, Kondo argued that the temptation of the modern, digital, always-online world demands fleeting, disengaged attention. —Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025

Getty floated the idea for an advisory board after realizing that music fans of his generation felt disengaged from Sweetwater and were unaware of its mission as a nonprofit arts organization. —Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025

The pool of talent shrinks when young people become disengaged from education or skill-building because of emotional distress. —Dr. Ritu Goel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Pundits have always dominated the ranks of posters on social media, but now the masses of silent followers are declining, and continued posting risks preaching to accounts of the converted, the disengaged, or the defunct. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for disengaged

• aged
• caged
• gaged
• gauged
• paged
• raged
• staged
• swaged
• waged
• assuaged
• engaged
• enraged