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   Un·set·tled

   /ˌənˈsed(ə)ld/

   

   adjective

   • 1. lacking stability: "an unsettled childhood" Similar aimlessdirectionlesspurposelesswithout purposewithout a goalrootlessmovingwanderingnomadictravelingtransientOpposite settledpurposeful
   • ▪ worried and uneasy: "she felt edgy and unsettled" Similar restlessrestivefidgetyanxiousworriedtroubledfretfuldisquietedflusteredagitatedruffleduneasydisconcerteddiscomposedunnervedill at easeuncomfortableedgyon edgetensenervousapprehensivealarmedconcerneddismayeddisturbedturbulentperturbedshakenupsetbothereddistressedinformal:thrownrattledfazedtwitchyshakywiredstressyOpposite settledcomposed
   • ▪ liable to change; unpredictable: "a spell of unsettled weather" Similar changeablechangingvariablevaryinginconstantinconsistentever-changingerraticunstableunsteadyshiftingfluidundependableunreliableuncertainunpredictablemercurialquicksilverkaleidoscopicchameleonlikerare:proteanOpposite settledunchangingpredictable
   • 2. not yet resolved: "one important question remains unsettled" Similar undecidedto be decidedunresolvedundetermineduncertainopenarguabledebatabledisputedunansweredopen to debatedoubtfulin doubtmootup in the airin (a state of) limboin a state of uncertaintyindefiniteinconclusiveunconfirmedunsolvedongoingpendingconfusedproblematicvexedambiguousequivocalvagueborderlineinformal:iffyOpposite settled
   • ▪ (of a bill) not yet paid: "they charge interest on debts that remain unsettled after 30 days" Similar unpaidpayableoutstandingowingowedto be paiddueoverdueundischargedin arrearsin the redreceivabledelinquentpast dueOpposite settledpaid
   • 3. (of an area) having no settlers or inhabitants. Similar uninhabitedunpopulatedunpeopledunoccupiedunfrequentedemptyvacantabandoneddeserteddepopulatedforsakendesolatelonelyOpposite settledpopulated

   Derivatives

   • 1. unsettledness noun

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