unsettle
verb (used with object)
to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb.
has unsettled
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present perfectof unsettle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The scale of that spending, funneled into data centers and chip purchases, has unsettled some investors who worry the AI payoff hasn’t yet materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Kevin Warsh’s past advocacy for higher interest rates and a smaller balance sheet has unsettled digital asset investors.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
McCaul said the rhetoric alone has unsettled partners and emphasized that Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, is already covered under NATO’s mutual defense framework.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
Inevitably all this has unsettled France, for whom Togo was once regarded as among the most devoted of allies.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
But the evolution of brains, which is nature’s method of human development, has unsettled this standard of civilization and the relation of the sexes.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
