as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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as in untied
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Recent Examples of disengaged
Andy Tonsing, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
For many, this anxiety stems from fear of being perceived as unmotivated or disengaged, Patel said.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Unable to guide the craft without airspeed data, the autopilot automatically disengaged as it was set to do, returning control of the plane to the pilots.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Apprenticeships often ignite a fire in disengaged students who aren’t on a four-year college track.
—Andy Tonsing, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
For many, this anxiety stems from fear of being perceived as unmotivated or disengaged, Patel said.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Viewers were able to see the young pointer edging closer to the senior labrador, eventually pawing at and almost sitting on the older dog, who remained calm and disengaged throughout the interaction.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Unable to guide the craft without airspeed data, the autopilot automatically disengaged as it was set to do, returning control of the plane to the pilots.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaged
Verb
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Only a small fraction of the nearly 150 hostages released from Gaza in the past two years have been directly freed by Israeli military operations, with the rest freed through Qatari and Egyptian mediation.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Playing someone who is so electric has freed me to take up space in new ways as an actor.—
Akili King,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Others – like Boris – are liberated by it.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, Ozon diverges from the text in a few key places to offer a postcolonial reading of a novel that was published two decades before Algeria liberated itself from French rule.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As such, there are certain similarities with erring politicians who some believe become undone by a mixture of various traits that tends not to exist in the wider population.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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But Sklar, who has a terminal illness and not long to live, has lots that has been left undone in his life.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Because everything was kept in one place, when the user saved the system state to a floppy disk, their entire workspace was frozen and stored in its entirety.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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In a press event Thursday evening, Tesla's somewhat oddly attired Elon Musk showed how the the company's Tesla S luxury sedan could be recharged in just 90 seconds, hovering over a robotic setup in which the battery would be automatically located, unbolted, removed, and replaced.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Rotert says one person had to be extricated from the vehicle.—
Fox19 staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2025
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Something did not feel right on Thursday so McCaffrey extricated himself from team drills.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Barrett's clear statement on the 22nd Amendment carries significant weight given her position on the Supreme Court, which would likely be asked to rule on any attempt to circumvent the two-term limit.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Investigators found notebooks filled with hate, violent thoughts and admiration for mass murderers, showing clear signs of deep mental instability.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Disengaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengaged. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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