as in to disturb
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the news that the local grocery store had sold contaminated produce unsettled many shoppers
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Recent Examples of unsettle
Mythos and Fable won't be the last models to unsettle a government.
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Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Some travelers were unsettled by a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week on a passenger train traveling from Moscow to Crimea, injuring its driver and killing his assistant.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
In a country to which some came for religious freedom and others were brought to be sold into slavery, the ship unsettled me.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
Llorca says the comment immediately unsettled her.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Some travelers were unsettled by a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week on a passenger train traveling from Moscow to Crimea, injuring its driver and killing his assistant.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
In a country to which some came for religious freedom and others were brought to be sold into slavery, the ship unsettled me.
—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
Llorca says the comment immediately unsettled her.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsettle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsettle
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He was particularly disturbed by administration officials' attempts to characterize both as domestic terrorists.
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The appeal is largely practical, since powders travel well in a bag, don’t leave hands greasy and can be dusted on without disturbing whatever’s already on your skin.
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Efforts to organize and tidy often turned into sitting on the floor surrounded by piles of stuff and getting easily distracted with sentimental finds.
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But that was a bit ago, and there is a theory now that perhaps this is starting to leak, or maybe be confirmed soon, to distract from the recent, very poor performance of Supergirl in theaters.
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For all the chatter about his choices in handbags, Haaland doesn’t seem remotely bothered.
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What bothers me is the foot-dragging, the spinning in circles, the slow degradation of these characters into annoying stereotypes.
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Those measures, however, have alarmed privacy advocates, who argue that age-gating the internet would affect all users — not just children.
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That’s alarmed the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents about 400 nurses and staff at two psychiatric hospitals in Sacramento.
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At 53%, most Americans worry AI could cost them or someone in their household a job, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released in June.
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The 2025 outbreak was HPAI, and that’s the strain that continues to worry veterinarians and poultry scientists.
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Recent polling from Gallup found that Americans are concerned most about housing and energy prices, including gas.
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Carter is concerned by a pop-up power plant under construction in the area to serve a data center.
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Diaz appeared to agitate the shoulder on a swing during his fifth-inning at-bat, then grounded out.
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That would be Saba Capital, a hedge fund that’s been agitating for change among CEFs for years.
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“Unsettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsettle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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