disengaged

English

Etymology

From disengage + -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/

Verb

disengaged

  1. simple past and past participle of disengage

Adjective

disengaged (comparative more disengaged, superlative most disengaged)

  1. Not engaged; at leisure; free from occupation or attachment; unconnected; detached.
  2. (dated) Not (socially) engaged; available, free.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in The History of Pendennis. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, [], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      These perused, the Major took out his pocket-book to see on what days he was disengaged, and which of these many hospitable calls he could afford to accept or decline.
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 40:
      ‘You must come and dine with us some night. Tuesday? Are you disengaged Tuesday?

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