uneasy

[uhn-ee-zee]

adjective

uneasier, uneasiest 

1. not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.

2. not easy in manner; constrained; gauche; stilted.

3. not conducive to ease; causing bodily discomfort.

uneasy

/ ʌnˈiːzɪ /

adjective

1. (of a person) anxious; apprehensive

2. (of a condition) precarious; uncomfortable

   an uneasy truce

3. (of a thought, etc) disturbing; disquieting

Other Word Forms

• unease noun
• uneasiness noun
• uneasily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uneasy¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, uneasy is from the Middle English word unesy. See un- ¹, easy

Example Sentences

It’s just a fraction of the work state leaders and local fire crews hope to someday accomplish, yet the scale and speed of the effort has already made some ecology and fire experts uneasy.

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“But with every single gyration of the market, she was very uneasy seeing her account go down,” he said.

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And, of course, the fate of U.S.-China trade talks remains both unknown and extremely risky heading into the expiration of the uneasy detente between Washington and Beijing on Nov. 10.

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A few months ago, Beijing and Washington agreed an uneasy truce in their tit-for-tat trade war that started earlier this year and threw bilateral trade into serious jeopardy.

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Other relatives of victims said they were uneasy about singling out prisoners for special retribution solely because Biden had commuted their sentences.

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• uncomfortable