disengaging
/dɪsɪnɡˈeɪdʒɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That causes one to lose commitment and interest; alienating.
adj
That causes something to disengage or disconnect.
Example Sentences
- "In a minute or two whe sould bo up to Amy; but already she was rather shrinking from her high purpose, and she hoped that Amy would not be in her most disengaging mood; hoped that she would not, as usual, draw down the shutters of her body over her soul."
- "As predicted, overall, across the two weeks, Americans reportedly experienced more disengaging emotions (e.g., pride in self, feelings of self-confidence, anger, and frustration) than engaging emotions (e.g., friendly feelings, respect, shame, and guilt)."
- "Although New Zealnd's small and intimate society might have been expected to insulate it from the most disengaging effects of international trends, this has not been the case; indeed, campaigns are in danger of becoming as cynical, vacuous and remote as they are in much larger democracies."
- "Managing a remote workforce is not easy and working from home all or even part o the time (hybrid working) can be either one of the most engaging or one of the most disengaging experiences possible for an employee, depending on how their manager handles it."
- "The combination, with a key-lever provided with a frictionally-pivoted and movable stop, of a check-pin shaft and a disengaging bar or lever for moving said stop to its inoperative position when it has performed its function, substantially as described."
- "Thus, a Scotch boiler having as a disengaging surface the entire surface of the water in the boiler should have under normal circumstances a low disengaging velocity, and the same should be the case for vertical water-tube boilers."
Inflected Forms
more disengaging (comparative)
most disengaging (superlative)