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disengaged, ppl. a.|dɪsɪnˈgeɪdʒd|
[f. as prec. + -ed1; but often used as f. dis- 10 + engaged.]
a. Set free from engagement, ties, or prepossession; free from obligatory connexion; detached; not engaged; untrammelled, unoccupied, at liberty. spec. in Theatr. colloq. Unemployed.
1621Sir G. Calvert in Fortesc. Papers 155 So long as the Prince Palatine shall keepe himself disengaged from medling in them. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. iii. §24. 51 The Law of Nature therefore commands the Judge to be dis-engag'd. 1676W. Hubbard Happiness of People 53 Such proceedings..doe but embolden disengaged standers by to complain of both. 1712Steele Spect. No. 318 ⁋1 This Lady is of a free and disengaged Behaviour. 1771Olivier Fencing Famil. (1780) 38 Seize the time, and give him a disengaged thrust in carte over the arm. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 250 The other acids are only in a disengaged state, found in waters accidentally. 1837Dickens Pickw. ii, Are you disengaged this evening? 1933P. Godfrey Back-Stage v. 70 It takes many years before the superseded actors and actresses will admit to themselves that the professional terms ‘at liberty’ and ‘disengaged’ are no longer applicable to them in a temporary sense.
b. Uncommitted; opp. engaged ppl. a. 4.
1958Oxf. Mag. 6 Mar. 340/2 Oppressed by the facile and disengaged conformism of the present age. 196020th Cent. Apr. 303 The accent to-day is on the personal, the disengaged, the apolitical and the status quo. |