unassured
- a word derived from assured.
Example Sentences
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The passing mention of “civil war” is I believe an unnamed reference to the 1786 Shays’ rebellion which reminds us even from Justice Story’s 1837 vantage that our nation’s continued existence has often been unassured.
From Forbes • May 12, 2015
But Bismarck was not satisfied, and in his eyes Germany’s safety was still unassured; so he appealed to the Reichstag to augment largely their armaments.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
You enter the realm of death and the slain earth's dust alone sleeps beneath your unassured feet.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
And when Dorothea was present she studied her too: she cast fleeting, searching, unassured glances at them—at Daniel and at Dorothea.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
Still unassured, the Old Man turned his glasses on the rocky group.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
