un|set|tle|ment

un|set|tle|ment
un|set|tle|ment «uhn SEHT uhl muhnt», noun.
1. the act of unsettling.
2. the state of being unsettled; unsettled or disturbed condition of affairs: »

The continuing unsettlement was a call to him that…he had still a portion of the Lord's work to do (John Morley). Uncertainty as to the scope of the new program added unsettlement in futures (Wall Street Journal).

3. an area or region that has not been definitely settled: »

It is in the temporary communities and the amorphous unsettlements that conformity and anxiety breed (Manchester Guardian).


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