unengaged

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNENGA'GED, adjective 1. Not engaged; not bound by covenant or promise; free from obligation to a particular person; as, a lady is unengaged 2. Free from attachment that binds; as, her affections are unengaged 3. Unemployed; unoccupied; not busy. 4. Not appropriated; as unengaged revenues. [We generally say, unappropriated revenue or money.]
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