DISENGAGED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in untied

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disengaged

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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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The political conference aimed to educate and galvanize a sector of young Black men who are disengaged and unlikely to vote in the November election. —

Briana Stewart, ABC News, 22 June 2024 Users are distracted and disengaged, living a life of continual interruption, their prefrontal cortexes muddled by online society’s perpetual anxiety and alarm. —

Margaret O’Mara, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022 Politically disengaged Americans are emerging as one of the most unpredictable, complex and potentially influential groups of voters in the 2024 race. —

Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 28 May 2024 As voters tune in over the next six months, there’s a chance that disengaged but traditionally Democratic voters could revert to their usual partisan leanings. —

Nate Cohn, New York Times, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for disengaged

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