Uninterested in big news for the Spencers in 1981 (10)
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I believe the answer is:
disengaged
'uninterested' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes define each other.
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disengaged that I've seen before include "Unattached" , "withdrawn" , "Detached, separated" .)