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unsettlement

[ uhn-set-l-muh nt ]

/ ʌnˈsɛt l mənt /

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noun

an act or an instance of unsettling.

the state or quality of being unsettled: Such strange behavior caused me some unsettlement.

Origin of unsettlement

First recorded in 1640–50; unsettle + -ment

Words nearby unsettlement

unsentimental, unser, unset, unsettle, unsettled, unsettlement, unsew, unsex, unshackle, unshadowed, unshakable

Example sentences from the Web for unsettlement

How long, it may be asked, did this period of unsettlement last?

The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1 |G. T. Stokes
The months of unsettlement before the conversion was made were full of grief to Miss Nightingale.

The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2 |Edward Tyas Cook
But if a moment of general uncertainty and unsettlement came, they might prove a dangerous disturbing force.

Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches |Justin McCarthy
This I refused to do: I would not do so for the sake of those who were unsettled or in danger of unsettlement.

Apologia Pro Vita Sua |John Henry Cardinal Newman

It is occasioned by an unsettlement and it aims at overcoming a disturbance.

Democracy and Education |John Dewey