Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
murw geraakte
English translation:
weary
Dutch term
murw geraakte
| 3 +1 | weary |
Carolyn Gille
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| 3 +2 | disenchanted |
Barend van Zadelhoff
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| 4 | worn out |
Lianne van de Ven
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Proposed translations
weary
1. Physically or mentally fatigued.
2. Expressive of or prompted by fatigue: a weary smile.
3. Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out: weary of delays.
4. Causing fatigue; tiresome: a weary wait.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-05-27 18:06:12 GMT)
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I still think that murw has an element of "mals, week, zacht" and not so much "ontgoocheld"... am I missing something?
http://www.vertalen.nu/vertaal?van=nl&naar=eng&vertaal=murw
United States
Experienced, reliable, detail-oriented
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English
worn out
worn-out majority
http://www.liberalvoices.com/2008/08/the-silent-or-w.html
En een paar google book results voor "worn out majority"
Mogelijk kun je ook gewoon 'silent majority' gebruiken.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority
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Note added at 22 mins (2010-05-27 01:55:55 GMT)
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Het wordt dan "We speak for a worn out/silent majority."
Netherlands
TR is the most intimate act of reading.
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
disenchanted
be disenchanted with
she became disenchanted with the whole idea
voor haar hoefde het allemaal niet meer
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Yob van As (X)
: Ik stem voor deze
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Dank je wel, Yob.
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Carolyn Gille
: I like this one, although I think means; to free from illusion or false belief - not sure if that's the same as 'murw'.
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the question is "murw geraakt", before they weren't "murw", so what's happened to them? When you've become disenchanted, you no longer believe in things, you no longer want to fight for things, you have become "murw" There's common ground with "murw".
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Fits best in this context.
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Dank je wel, Tina.
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