nonengagement

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Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ engagement

Noun[edit]

nonengagement (usually uncountable, plural nonengagements)

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