• Disengaged

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdÊ’d/

    Origin

    From disengage + -ed.

    Verb

    disengaged
    1. disengaged

      (past of disengage)

    Full definition of disengaged

    Adjective

    disengaged

    1. Unconnected; detached.
    2. (dated) Not (socially) engaged; available, free.
      • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 40:‘You must come and dine with us some night. Tuesday? Are you disengaged Tuesday?’
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