disenchanted
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The most prominent such example in “Flunked” is the seemingly international acknowledgement that today’s teenager is phone-fixated, disenchanted and contemptuous of adults.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Originally aimed at children, the squishy toys have become a global hit, especially in China where a disenchanted youth has been turning to them for comfort.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
Republican pollster David Winston, who has advised GOP members of Congress, said the president has more work to do to win back voters who supported him in 2024 but are now disenchanted.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
Born just after the baby boom, between 1965 and 1980, they have graduated from being the disenchanted young adults of the movie “Reality Bites” to middle-agers nearing retirement age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
One might be forgiven for thinking that it is Temple and Swift, the critics of modern science, who live in a disenchanted world, not Wotton, its advocate.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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In the Country We Love
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Those Kids from Fawn Creek
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