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
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They’re marketed to media audiences as storylines, designed to spark outrage and turn disengaged voters into angry ones.
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Adam G. Klein, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
More worrisome, however, is how disengaged Morant has looked at times, as noted by former NBA star Blake Griffin on Friday after the Lakers' loss.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2025
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
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Adam G. Klein, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
More worrisome, however, is how disengaged Morant has looked at times, as noted by former NBA star Blake Griffin on Friday after the Lakers' loss.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2025
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
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“Disengaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disengaged. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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