unsettled
pronunciation
How to pronounce unsettled in British English:
UK [ʌnˈsetld]
How to pronounce unsettled in American English:
US [ʌnˈsɛtld]
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- Adjective:
- still in doubt
- not settled or established
- subject to change
- lacking order or stability
- not yet settled
Word Origin
- unsettled (adj.)
- 1590s, "not peaceful, not firmly established," from unsettle (v.) or else from un- (1) "not" + past participle of settle (v.). Meaning "not occupied by settlers" is attested from 1724.
Antonym
Example
- 1. During unsettled times , employees take on additional responsibilities .
- 2. The women 's treaty is a product of a unique and unsettled moment in the american women 's movement - a moment when a radical version of feminism was briefly ascendant but was soon to be eclipsed by its very success .
- 3. New unemployment data show that in the second quarter of 2011 the number of spanish jobless dropped only slightly , to 21 % , despite a busy tourism season as european holidaymakers shunned unsettled north african countries .
- 4. Sound thinking for unsettled times .
- 5. The new country could break down in civil conflict along the unsettled northern border or within itself .