reassuring
adjective
restoring or boosting confidence, certainty, or security.
unreassuring
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a word derived from
reassuring.
Example Sentences
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I heard unreassuring blanket assurances that matters of technological security were, of course, being considered along the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
Maybe the plane's engines can really be repaired in mid-flight, as the unreassuring metaphor has it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Politicians he consulted around the country were friendly but unreassuring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The replies to Hammarskjold's questions were lengthy and unreassuring.
From Time Magazine Archive
She knew now that, hour by hour, she had lived in the expectation of Guest’s return; had felt an unreassuring conviction that he must come before she left!
From Flaming June by A. Gilbert
