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  • 1unsettled — [adj1] bothered, upset active, agitated, antsy*, anxious, busy, changeable, changeful, changing, complex, complicated, confused, disorderly, disturbed, explosive, fidgety, fluid, flustered, inconstant, insecure, kinetic, mobile, mutable, on edge* …

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  • 2unsettled — [unset′ ld] adj. 1. not settled or orderly; disordered 2. not stable or fixed; changeable; uncertain 3. not decided or determined 4. not paid, allotted, or otherwise disposed of [an unsettled debt or estate ] ☆ 5. having no settlers; unpopulated… …

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  • 3unsettled — I adjective adrift, afloat, agitated, capricious, changeable, changing, conjectural, deranged, desolate, disarranged, disputable, disturbed, doubtful, dubious, due, fickle, incertus, inconstans, inconstant, migratory, mutable, nervous, new, open …

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  • 4unsettled in one's mind — index non compos mentis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5unsettled in opinion — index doubtful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6unsettled opinion — index doubt (indecision), indecision Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7unsettled — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking stability; changeable or liable to change. 2) agitated; uneasy. 3) not yet resolved. 4) (of an area) having no settlers or inhabitants …

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  • 8unsettled — [[t]ʌ̱nse̱t(ə)ld[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED In an unsettled situation, there is a lot of uncertainty about what will happen. Britain s unsettled political scene also worries some investors... The junk market has been unsettled for the past seven months.… …

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  • 9unsettled — unsettledness, n. /un set ld/, adj. 1. not settled; not fixed or stable; without established order; unorganized; disorganized: an unsettled social order; still unsettled in their new home. 2. continuously moving or changing; not situated in one… …

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  • 10unsettled — adjective Date: circa 1586 not settled: as a. (1) not calm or tranquil ; disturbed < unsettled political conditions > (2) likely to vary widely especially in the near future ; variable < unsettled weather > (3) not settled down …

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