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as in disillusioned
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you
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Recent Examples of disenchanted
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
But in most cases, the performance of currently available models is similar to that of a disenchanted intern—hitting minimum benchmarks but struggling overall to produce quality work without a human hand to refine its output.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2026
The kids weren’t interested in smoking pot or social protests, and they were disenchanted with the science classes offered at their local schools.
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IEEE Spectrum,
12 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Dartmouth professor Jeff Friedman noted that younger voters grew up with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflicts that the public became disenchanted with.
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Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
But in most cases, the performance of currently available models is similar to that of a disenchanted intern—hitting minimum benchmarks but struggling overall to produce quality work without a human hand to refine its output.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
For more than 15 years, independents have made up the largest group of voters, as Americans have grown increasingly disenchanted with the two-party system.
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Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2026
The kids weren’t interested in smoking pot or social protests, and they were disenchanted with the science classes offered at their local schools.
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IEEE Spectrum,
12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchanted
Adjective
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But no one who delves into Duchamp can shake the feeling that erotic fixations and frustrated romantic love are at the core of his imaginative universe.
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Unemployment remains above 30%, making migrants easy political targets for frustrated communities and opportunistic actors.
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We might be disillusioned with voting.
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For a time, their actions inspired many climate and environmental activists who were disillusioned with nonviolence.
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Around midday, a group of disappointed Alaskans emerged from their state’s pavilion with exasperation.
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And yet fans are still entitled to feel disappointed not to see one of the world’s most thrilling footballers in a game like this.
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This Penelope is knowing, gossipy, disabused.
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Only when he was disabused of that notion, the source said, would the team’s fortunes change.
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Fresh eyes on an unfulfilled assignment generated leads that lesser repo guys never saw.
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For Lincoln and King, the Declaration functions as both a sacred text and an unfulfilled promise.
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Gen Zers are even more dissatisfied with their opportunities, Blanchflower says, amid factors like underemployment, the Covid-19 pandemic, war, trade tariffs, artificial intelligence, automation and job-hugging.
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The shooter fled, but authorities said staffers recognized the assailant as Abdulkareem, a dissatisfied patient.
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Fortunately the wig has had a second outing with Fouracres donning it again in Episode 7, when his parody Attenborough turned up to wrestle a discontented rhino during Weekend Update.
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Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
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On the streets of Moscow, disgruntled drivers wait patiently for gasoline in a long line of cars and trucks amid an acute national shortage.
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Brandon Aiyuk continued his online rampage against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, taking shots at the team and his now former agent as the disgruntled wide receiver keeps publicly pleading for his release.
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“Disenchanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchanted. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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