unengaged
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
:
desocupado
- He spent the weekend unengaged, reading books and taking long walks in the park.
It's Ben Affleck's unengaged listening face and the experts who I don't know who you are experts, but you are amazing.
- It's Ben Affleck's unengaged listening face and the experts who I don't know who you are experts, but you are amazing.
Examples
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Feeling unengaged with his work, he decided to take a break and explore other interests.
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Barris is pleasant but unengaged.
Fiction book (2002) -
This was an expensive, private university, and many of the students were content to merely pass the time, unengaged with the big issues and concepts of the world.
Blog text (13) -
Tara stared down at the floor, unengaged in the lesson.
Academic text (2012) -
Retreating from the sickness and hardship around me, I lived in my head and felt unengaged by schoolwork.
Academic text (2010) -
After spending the whole day in meetings, I enjoyed my evening feeling unengaged and able to relax at home.
Synonyms
5
4.5
Not taking part in an activity or situation
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2.3
Not moving and not showing much physical or mental energy
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4.7
Not involved or interested in something and not paying attention
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3.7
Not busy and available to do a task
Calm and relaxed with little to do
Not having a personal connection or strong feeling about something
Antonyms
How Busy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unengaged comes from the prefix un- ('not') and engage ('to bind' or 'to take up'). The same root is in engagement, which can mean a promise or a job that takes your time, so unengaged means 'not bound' or 'not busy'.