disaffected

From disaffect +‎ -ed.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈfɛktɪd/

disaffected

1. simple past and past participle of disaffect

disaffected (comparative more disaffected, superlative most disaffected)

1. Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal; malcontent.
   • 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 427:

     The main reason for this state of affairs is probably that, for the exceptionally able man who accepts the present order of society, a multitude of other avenues to influence and power are open, while to the disaffected and dissatisfied an intellectual career is the most promising path to both influence and the power to contribute to the achievement of his ideals.

   • 2020 October 10, Sarah Mucha, “‘A moment to put country above party’: Biden makes appeal to disaffected Republican and independent voters”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Joe Biden is making a clear attempt to appeal to disaffected Republicans and independent voters in the final weeks of the election, promising he’d be a president that would work hard not just for those who support him, but also for those who do not.

2. (obsolete) Affected with disease.

• “disaffected”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.