disenchanted

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In “Take This Job and Shove It,” the protagonist notably wasn’t disenchanted with hard work—instead, he felt like 15 years of working for a “fool” didn’t get him what he wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Yopougon residents who spoke to AFP said they were disenchanted with politics.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Moyers left the Johnson White House in 1967 as he was disenchanted with the escalation of the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

He's clearly disenchanted by Cranford High and the drawbacks of being queer in the small town suburbs, but then he finds this unlikely camaraderie and comfort.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

In fact, neither the well-worn anecdote about a disenchanted Beethoven ‘scratching out’ the title page of his symphony bearing a dedication to Napoleon, nor the composer’s musical radicalism are quite what they seem.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall