unsettlement
Americannoun
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an act or an instance of unsettling.
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the state or quality of being unsettled.
Such strange behavior caused me some unsettlement.
Etymology
Origin of unsettlement
Example Sentences
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It always seeks out that which will increase its own velocity, deepen its hold, magnify its unsettlement....
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2023
It signals a widespread social unsettlement, an unbounded and uncontainable anxiety.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2021
This unsettlement stretches across species, and is at its most playful in A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Titania’s drug-fuelled enchantment with Bottom as an ass.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2016
The Middle East, with its tremendous unsettlement due to the Arab Spring, is looking for safety, and Asians who have relatively robust economies and tremendous growth are looking to expand.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2012
In that very unsettlement lies the probable success of the plan which my father and I have put before you so often.
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Hough, Emerson
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