adjective
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not comfortable
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feeling or causing discomfort or unease; disquieting
Other Word Forms
- uncomfortableness noun
- uncomfortably adverb
Etymology
Origin of uncomfortable
First recorded in 1585–95; un- 1 + comfortable
Example Sentences
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“It’s uncomfortable walking into the kitchen thinking there’s a bear over there,” Johnson said.
From Los Angeles Times
He said he felt "uncomfortable and unsafe" and that the Mosque had been pelted with eggs on one of the protest days.
From BBC
Wall Street is asking an uncomfortable question it had avoided all year: Has the equity rally finally run out of road?
If you’re uncomfortable and feel better at home, leave earlier than you originally scheduled.
From Salon
By subsequently taxing hard to double the amount of breathing space or headroom to £22bn a year around her borrowing targets, Reeves gets space from the uncomfortable glare of the markets.
From BBC
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