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uneasy

[uhn-ee-zee] Example Sentences Origin

un·eas·y

[uhn-ee-zee]
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; Middle English unesy. See un-1, easy

un·ease, noun
un·eas·i·ly, adverb
un·eas·i·ness, noun
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Uneasy is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • Even as its executives celebrated, recalls one, they were uneasy.
  • The best kind of technocrat is uneasy about being in power at all.
  • The inflection told me the chimpanzees were surprised or uneasy.
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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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Word Origin & History

uneasy
late 13c., "not comforting," from un- (1) "not" + easy. Meaning "disturbed in mind" is attested from 1670s.
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