unsettled  /ən ˈsɛ təld/ ? Meaning of "unsettled"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) still in doubt
  2. (adj) not settled or established
  3. (adj) subject to change
  4. (adj) not yet settled

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  1. Beyond the Kopechne and Kennedy families, it has been the girls at the party whose lives have been most unsettled by the accident.
  2. Tibn captures the paradox that was James, whose sexuality remained an unsettled question and whose attempts at intimacy with either sex ended in confusion and disappointment.
  3. As the 1968 Democratic Convention approached, the FBI sent Johnson almost daily reports on the people and events of that unsettled time.

Quotes

  1. "The Israeli government is unsettled. The Palestinians are divided between Fatah and Hamas. And so it's difficult for either side to make the bold move that would bring about peace," Obama told reporters in Amman before visiting Israel and the...
    on Jul 22, 2008 By: Barack Obama Source: Reuters

  2. He added: "It has unsettled him and he has got a bit rattled, so he's looking for ways to get under our skin. But he hasn't. He has just made the lads more determined. The team that wins a World Cup doesn't necessarily start great. It's the way you...
    on Jun 26, 2010 By: Rio Ferdinand Source: The Press Association

  3. "In some years the sport's national championship winner was left unsettled, and at least one school was left out of the many millions of dollars in revenue that accompany the title," Barton said in a statement released ahead of the bill's...
    on Dec 10, 2008 By: Joe Barton Source: International Herald Tribune

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