Unsettled
adjective
Not stable or decided yet.
The weather is unsettled, it could rain or be sunny later.
Often appears as...
- unsettled weather
- unsettled issue
adjective
Worried, uneasy, or anxious.
The news made her feel unsettled.
Often appears as...
- feel unsettled
- look unsettled
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Disapproving
adjective
Not having a stable lifestyle or living situation.
The family was unsettled, constantly moving from one place to another.
Often appears as...
- unsettled lifestyle
- unsettled population
adjective
Not arranged in a pattern or regular way.
The furniture in the room was unsettled.
Often appears as...
- unsettled arrangement
- unsettled furniture
adjective
Not calm, turbulent.
The ocean is unsettled today, with large waves and churning currents.
Often appears as...
- unsettled sea
- unsettled water
adjective
Not stable or decided yet.
The weather is unsettled, it could rain or be sunny later.
Often appears as...
- unsettled weather
- unsettled issue
adjective
Worried, uneasy, or anxious.
The news made her feel unsettled.
Often appears as...
- feel unsettled
- look unsettled
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not having a stable lifestyle or living situation.
The family was unsettled, constantly moving from one place to another.
Often appears as...
- unsettled lifestyle
- unsettled population
adjective
Not arranged in a pattern or regular way.
The furniture in the room was unsettled.
Often appears as...
- unsettled arrangement
- unsettled furniture
adjective
Not calm, turbulent.
The ocean is unsettled today, with large waves and churning currents.
Often appears as...
- unsettled sea
- unsettled water
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Pro Tip 1/2Expect Change
Use 'unsettled' when a situation is likely to change soon and is not reliable.
His job situation is unsettled; he might be promoted or transferred.
Pro Tip 2/2Unclear Outcome
'Unsettled' suggests an outcome is still up in the air, without a clear direction.
The game ended with an unsettled score because of the weather.
Pro Tip 1/2Expect Change
Use 'unsettled' when a situation is likely to change soon and is not reliable.
His job situation is unsettled; he might be promoted or transferred.
Pro Tip 2/2Unclear Outcome
'Unsettled' suggests an outcome is still up in the air, without a clear direction.
The game ended with an unsettled score because of the weather.
Pro Tip 1/2Expect Change
Use 'unsettled' when a situation is likely to change soon and is not reliable.
His job situation is unsettled; he might be promoted or transferred.
Pro Tip 2/2Unclear Outcome
'Unsettled' suggests an outcome is still up in the air, without a clear direction.
The game ended with an unsettled score because of the weather.
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The strange story of the...
And you can see that cycle playing out again and again with all kinds of animals. It seems like we're always stuck between demonizing a species and wanting to wipe it out, and then when we get very close to doing that, empathizing with it as an underdog and wanting to show it compassion. So we exert our power, but then we're unsettled
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Leeches Cure PIPE National...
mission and he's crossing the city of Pune to make a rare house call he's here to treat Rajiv kid car who suffers from a chronic skin condition called psoriasis and the Rajiv is eager for dr. Sachin to ease his suffering he's more than a little unsettled because he knows the cure in this doctors bag is one
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Leeches Cure PIPE National...
is a man on a mission and he's crossing the city of pune to make a rare house call he's here to treat rajiv kedkar who suffers from a chronic skin condition called psoriasis and though rajiv is eager for dr sachin to ease his suffering he's more than a little unsettled because he knows the cure in this
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Coya Paz Brownrigg: The...
And this not knowing has left them unsettled, with a feeling they can't quite explain. And this is what I love about ghost stories -- how so often, they get right to feeling. Underneath the fun and chill of it are complex relationships with life, with death, and with each other.
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Why do we blame...
If a person is afraid to lose their money, to lose their job, they start getting more stressed, more unsettled, more fearful. That's what they get." As I ask him to explain, he compares his thoughts poetically to wild horses running in all directions,
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
is a good example of a way that animal can its I almost can sense fear and so that's why it's always really important to try and stay calm around animals because if they can sense that you are unsettled well then they're
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How to transform...
Inside this thin, fluctuating, unsettled film, all of life is nourished, protected and held. It insulates and regulates temperatures in a range that is just right for water and for life as we know it,
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Your body was forged in...
something unsettled that cloud and caused it to collapse, forming the sun in its center and the solar system. So the sun, the planets and life on earth depend on this beautiful cycle
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Why should you read...
and the man being the hero Aeneas. To understand the "Aeneid," it's necessary to examine the unsettled nature of Roman politics in the second half of the 1st century B.C.
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Peter Singer: The why...
There's something that I'd like you to see. It's a story that's deeply unsettled millions in footage of a two-year-old girl
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The strange story of the...
And you can see that cycle playing out again and again with all kinds of animals. It seems like we're always stuck between demonizing a species and wanting to wipe it out, and then when we get very close to doing that, empathizing with it as an underdog and wanting to show it compassion. So we exert our power, but then we're unsettled
Video examples
Leeches Cure PIPE National...
mission and he's crossing the city of Pune to make a rare house call he's here to treat Rajiv kid car who suffers from a chronic skin condition called psoriasis and the Rajiv is eager for dr. Sachin to ease his suffering he's more than a little unsettled because he knows the cure in this doctors bag is one
Video examples
Leeches Cure PIPE National...
is a man on a mission and he's crossing the city of pune to make a rare house call he's here to treat rajiv kedkar who suffers from a chronic skin condition called psoriasis and though rajiv is eager for dr sachin to ease his suffering he's more than a little unsettled because he knows the cure in this
Video examples
Coya Paz Brownrigg: The...
And this not knowing has left them unsettled, with a feeling they can't quite explain. And this is what I love about ghost stories -- how so often, they get right to feeling. Underneath the fun and chill of it are complex relationships with life, with death, and with each other.
Video examples
Why do we blame...
If a person is afraid to lose their money, to lose their job, they start getting more stressed, more unsettled, more fearful. That's what they get." As I ask him to explain, he compares his thoughts poetically to wild horses running in all directions,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
is a good example of a way that animal can its I almost can sense fear and so that's why it's always really important to try and stay calm around animals because if they can sense that you are unsettled well then they're
Video examples
How to transform...
Inside this thin, fluctuating, unsettled film, all of life is nourished, protected and held. It insulates and regulates temperatures in a range that is just right for water and for life as we know it,
Video examples
Your body was forged in...
something unsettled that cloud and caused it to collapse, forming the sun in its center and the solar system. So the sun, the planets and life on earth depend on this beautiful cycle
Video examples
Why should you read...
and the man being the hero Aeneas. To understand the "Aeneid," it's necessary to examine the unsettled nature of Roman politics in the second half of the 1st century B.C.
Video examples
Peter Singer: The why...
There's something that I'd like you to see. It's a story that's deeply unsettled millions in footage of a two-year-old girl
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Steve Backshall
Living my life in conservation, I see far greater tragedies and crimes against wildlife than the loss of a few thousand badgers. The real reason so many people are so unsettled by the cull is its sinister reflection on the democratic process, on our government's attitude to conservation and to science.
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Ray LaMontagne
American Musician
I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.
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Sarah Waters
Welsh Novelist
Ours is a world which feels so unsettled and dangerous in large ways, whether it's terrorism or global financial meltdown or climate change - huge things that affect us deeply, and yet things about which we can do, individually, very little.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
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Melissa Rosenberg
American Writer
When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
As a reader, I appreciate a world that feels unsettled and also visceral, inhabitable, so that's a quality I try and bring to my own work. In this way, dislocation and precision make total sense to me as a unit.
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Mitchell Baker
American Businesswoman
The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.
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William S. Cohen
American Politician
For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place.
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Ruskin Bond
Indian Author
Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.
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Joely Richardson
British Actress
I live quite an unsettled life.
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Steve Backshall
Living my life in conservation, I see far greater tragedies and crimes against wildlife than the loss of a few thousand badgers. The real reason so many people are so unsettled by the cull is its sinister reflection on the democratic process, on our government's attitude to conservation and to science.
Quote examples
Ray LaMontagne
American Musician
I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.
Quote examples
Sarah Waters
Welsh Novelist
Ours is a world which feels so unsettled and dangerous in large ways, whether it's terrorism or global financial meltdown or climate change - huge things that affect us deeply, and yet things about which we can do, individually, very little.
Quote examples
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
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Melissa Rosenberg
American Writer
When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing.
Quote examples
Laura van den Berg
American Writer
As a reader, I appreciate a world that feels unsettled and also visceral, inhabitable, so that's a quality I try and bring to my own work. In this way, dislocation and precision make total sense to me as a unit.
Quote examples
Mitchell Baker
American Businesswoman
The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.
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William S. Cohen
American Politician
For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place.
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Ruskin Bond
Indian Author
Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.
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Joely Richardson
British Actress
I live quite an unsettled life.
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