unease

American  

[uhn-eez] / ʌnˈiz /

noun

1. a state of discomfort or restlessness in the body or mind.

   Anxiety may break through and make itself felt in physical symptoms, such as jitters or unease.

   These initiatives seem to have emerged from the growing unease at the uneven pattern of economic recovery.

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Etymology

Origin of unease

First recorded in 1300–50; un- ¹ ( def. ) + ease ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

unease

It is a sign of investor unease, the paper says.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Some coverage of the Goldman Sachs survey implies that since low-income and high-income families experience similar levels of unease about their finances, they’re all in the same boat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Many high-school students soon concluded that AI would eventually be doing a lot of the coding previously associated with high-income jobs, an unease that escalated as several tech companies announced job cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

It’s not easy to go through life in a double consciousness, hyperaware that one’s behavior might offend or unease.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The fact that three white men wrote Porgy and Bess caused unease at the time and has stirred a certain amount of discomfort ever since.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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