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nonengagement

nonengagement noun: failure to engage; detachment.

Noun

nonengagement (usually uncountable, plural nonengagements)

  1. (usually) Failure to engage; detachment.
    • Ichi will not live by arcane rules of nonengagement.2009 July 26, Matt Bai, “The Other 0.1%”, in New York Times

Forms of nonengagement

pluralnonengagements
alternative formnon-engagement

Origin of nonengagement

From non- + engagement.

Questions about nonengagement

What does nonengagement mean?
Nonengagement means failure to engage; detachment.
What part of speech is nonengagement?
Nonengagement is a noun.
What is the plural of nonengagement?
The plural of nonengagement is nonengagements.

Words near nonengagement in the dictionary

  1. nonenforcement
  2. nonenforcements
  3. nonenforcing
  4. nonenfranchised
  5. nonengaged
  6. nonengagement
  7. nonengagements
  8. nonengaging
  9. nonengineer
  10. nonengineered
  11. nonengineering

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