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un⋅eas⋅y

  [uhn-ee-zee]
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–adjective, -eas⋅i⋅er, -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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME unesy. See un- 1 , easy

Related forms:
un⋅ease, noun
un⋅eas⋅i⋅ly, adverb
un⋅eas⋅i⋅ness, noun
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un·eas·y   (ŭn-ē'zē)   
adj.   un·eas·i·er, un·eas·i·est
  1. Lacking a sense of security; anxious or apprehensive: The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained.
  2. Affording no ease or reassurance: an uneasy calm.
    1. Awkward or unsure in manner; constrained: uneasy with strangers.
    2. Causing constraint or awkwardness: an uneasy silence.
  4. Not conducive to rest: fell into a fitful, uneasy sleep.
un·ease', un·eas'i·ness n., un·eas'i·ly adv.
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Uneasy

Un*eas"y\, a. 1. Not easy; difficult. [R.]

Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. --Boyle.

The road will be uneasy to find. --Sir W. Scott.

2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.

The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. --Pope.

3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.

4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. "His uneasy station." --Milton.

A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. --Addison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : uneasy
Spanish: inquieto,
German: unruhig,
Japanese: 不安な
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uneasy 
c.1290, "not comforting," from un- (1) "not" + easy. Meaning "disturbed in mind" is attested from 1680.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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