disengaging

adj

1. That causes one to lose commitment and interest; alienating.

   “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.”

2. That causes something to disengage or disconnect.

   “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.”

   “The results demonstrate that a large TDM error will lead to the disengagement of both sides of the gear teeth, and the larger the TDM error, the more disengaging areas on both sides of the tooth width occur.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of disengage