unease
Use Unease in a sentence
zi adjective, un·eas·i·er, un·eas·i·est.
1.
not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
2.
not easy in manner; constrained; awkward.
3.
not conducive to ease; causing bodily discomfort.
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uneasy (ʌnˈiːzɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a person) anxious; apprehensive |
| 2. | (of a condition) precarious; uncomfortable: an uneasy truce |
| 3. | (of a thought, etc) disturbing; disquieting |
| un'ease | |
| —n | |
| un'easily | |
| —adv | |
| un'easiness | |
| —n | |
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Unease
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| uneasy (ʌnˈiːzɪ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a person) anxious; apprehensive |
| 2. | (of a condition) precarious; uncomfortable: an uneasy truce |
| 3. | (of a thought, etc) disturbing; disquieting |
| un'ease | |
| —n | |
| un'easily | |
| —adv | |
| un'easiness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Measures of this nature create apprehension and unease.
Yet the bigger, more complicated changes are generating unease.
He showed up early to the games and stayed late, he played with abandon, he felt the unease in results.
One place where the level of public unease can be measured is on social-networking sites.
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