DISENGAGED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

disengaged 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of disengaged

as in untied

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verb

past tense of disengage

as in freed

to set free from entanglement or difficulty sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation

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Recent Examples of disengaged

Adjective

And Rip is actively disengaged. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2026 All of this has made younger voters more cynical and disengaged. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

Verb

Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago. — Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 Garcia said some students have disengaged from campus life or withdrawn from classes altogether. — Valentina Toro, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for disengaged

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaged

Adjective

While Salomon sneakers are, in part, known for their shoelaces that never come untied, this pair doesn’t have any at all.

— Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

Definition of untied

Verb

Those two freed a third person, who was only partially buried, and the three were able to dig out three other skiers.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Vlasova, who during her years in Russian detention had watched countless times as others were freed and she was left behind, wept.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of freed

Adjective

The 2010s are back in a big way, and so is the undone, bedhead beauty that defined the decade.

— Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
They’re layered, bursting with life, and a little undone, featuring an abundance of classic, old-fashioned blooms that invoke feelings of nostalgia and whimsy.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of undone

Verb

Indeed, by then, the hypnotic spell had been cast across all of Europe, including on those liberated from the drab tyrannies of actually existing socialism.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
He was born in western Ukraine and attended a military school in Kharkiv – the city liberated by Ukrainian forces in 2022 after a brutal Russian occupation early in the war.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of liberated

Adjective

The car's entire battery pack, which weighs about 1,100 pounds, or about as much as a grand piano, is unbolted and whisked away, underground.

— John Ruwitch, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted.

— Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024

Definition of unbolted

Verb

Sébastien Salles-Lamonge, Mora, and Benjamín Galdames converted their penalties for San Luis before Otero saved Aldo Cruz’s shot to set up Marín for the winner.

— Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
The bravery of everyone who rushed to help was what saved the lives of both man and baby.

— Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of saved

Adjective

Egg freezing, formally called oocyte preservation, is one of the clearest ways to extend a woman’s childbearing years.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Fires are often started illegally by plantation owners or traditional farmers to clear land for planting and those burns periodically blanket parts of Southeast Asia in hazardous haze, authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of clear

Verb

Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
To pretend that a cover is merely incidental is to ignore how much of literature is extraliterary, as if consciousness can be easily disentangled from the body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disentangled

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