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UNENGAGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unengaged mean?
• UNENGAGED (adjective)
The adjective UNENGAGED has 2 senses:
1. not busy or occupied; free
2. not promised in marriage
Familiarity information: UNENGAGED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not busy or occupied; free
Context example:
the cancellation left her unengaged a good part of the afternoon
Similar:
idle (not in action or at work)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not promised in marriage
Synonyms:
unengaged; unpledged; unpromised
Context example:
continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis
Similar:
unattached; uncommitted (not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship)
Context examples
Maria, with only Mr. Rushworth to attend to her, and doomed to the repeated details of his day's sport, good or bad, his boast of his dogs, his jealousy of his neighbours, his doubts of their qualifications, and his zeal after poachers, subjects which will not find their way to female feelings without some talent on one side or some attachment on the other, had missed Mr. Crawford grievously; and Julia, unengaged and unemployed, felt all the right of missing him much more.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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