involved

[ in-volvd ]
/ ɪnˈvɒlvd /
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adjective

very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
implicated: involved in crime.
concerned in some affair, especially in a way likely to cause danger or unpleasantness: I didn't call the police because I didn't want to get involved.
committed or engaged, as in a political cause or artistic movement: The civil rights demonstration attracted the involved young people of the area.

Origin of involved

First recorded in 1600–10; involve + -ed2

SYNONYMS FOR involved

1 complicated, knotty, tangled, perplexing.
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OTHER WORDS FROM involved

in·volv·ed·ly [in-vol-vid-lee, -volvd-] /ɪnˈvɒl vɪd li, -ˈvɒlvd-/, adverb in·volv·ed·ness, noun non·in·volved, adjective un·in·volved, adjective

Words nearby involved

involution, involutional, involutional melancholia, involutional psychosis, involve, involved, invt., invulnerable, invultuation, inwale, inwall

Words related to uninvolved

disinterested, inert, impartial, unconcerned, uncommitted, inactive, undecided, indifferent, aloof, calm, clinical, collected, cool, detached, disengaged, dispassionate, easy, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal

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British Dictionary definitions for uninvolved (1 of 2)

uninvolved
/ (ˌʌnɪnˈvɒlvd) /

adjective

not included or involved uninvolved bystanders

British Dictionary definitions for uninvolved (2 of 2)

involved
/ (ɪnˈvɒlvd) /

adjective

complicated; difficult to comprehend an involved literary style
(usually postpositive) concerned or implicated one of the men involved
(postpositive foll by with) euphemistic having sexual relations she was involved with a number of men