non-engagement

Questions about non-engagement

What does non-engagement mean?

non-engagement means "withdrawing from the activities of a group".

How many syllables are in non-engagement?

non-engagement has 5 syllables and divides as no-n-en-ga-ge-ment under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for non-engagement?

Close synonyms include nonparticipation, non-involvement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of non-engagement?

The recorded antonyms are engagement.

Is non-engagement a common word?

non-engagement is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.