(a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
(n.) Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
(v. t.) To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, when public disquiet at the crime and social damage caused by alcohol prohibition led to its repeal, Anslinger saw his position as being in danger.
(2) However not until then can a fair handicap scale be developed for workers who develop this disquieting symptom as a result of their occupation.
(3) Love Streams, his new album of beat-free, long-form compositions, is complex, evocative, arrestingly beautiful and disquietingly intense.
(4) Green groups condemn Glencore involvement in Garden Bridge project Read more Meanwhile, disquiet over the bridge’s environmental credentials is gathering momentum.
(5) Uefa has said it is open to proposals about the future of the competition, amid disquiet from clubs outside England about the spending power of Premier League clubs in the wake of their £8.3bn TV deal, but is expected to strongly resist any move to propose qualification should be on anything other than merit.
(6) In recent months several employers have distanced themselves from the growing disquiet at the overuse of contracts that offer no guarantee of work by offering workers full-time contracts.
(7) People eagerly accept such evidence-free claims "because the alternative mean[s] confronting outright mendacity from otherwise respected authorities, trading the calm of certainty for the disquiet of doubt".
(8) Following United's dismal 2-0 Champions League defeat at Oympiakos on Tuesday, Van Persie signalled his disquiet by complaining that his team-mates were taking up positions he wanted to occupy.
(9) The meeting at Tamarron illustrated the multiplicity of molecular changes found in breast cancer and concluded with the disquieting sense that, so far, there is no simple unifying molecular model to explain the etiology of the disease.
(10) Photograph: Guillaume Bression for the Guardian It is testament to the disquiet the protests have caused that Abe appears determined to pass the bills by Friday, ahead of five straight days of public holidays that could bring even bigger crowds out on the streets.
(11) Physically we need to give them that introduction but they are close to making the squad for the weekend.” Gareth Barry has urged fans to be patient amid growing disquiet over Everton’s lack of transfer business.
(12) Despite the sometimes self-deprecating shtick – in sharp contrast to Putin's self-mythologising antics – there remains disquiet about what Navalny really represents, behind the caustic put-downs and cool persona.
(13) His view represents more widespread disquiet within the Labour party about the leadership’s decision to accept May’s plan to leave the single market, but then attempt to replicate its attributes in a trade deal.
(14) It is also no coincidence the perception of one of the finest teams of all time has shifted during what, by Messi's standards, has been a disquieting campaign on and off the pitch for the Argentina international.
(15) Multiple synonymous nomenclature used to describe the histopathology of these tumors is disquieting and requires clarification.
(16) From Tory philosopher Phillip Blond 's attacks on "individualism", to Tory MP Jesse Norman's criticism of monopolistic " crony capitalism ", to Ferdinand Mount – once head of Thatcher's Downing Street policy unit – worrying about the concentration of wealth among " the new few ", there is strengthening disquiet at some of the forces the 80s set in motion.
(17) The publication of Final Exit resulted in a public response that was exuberant, largely sympathetic and, to many within hospice, disquieting.
(18) Burzan's comments reflect deep disquiet within Montenegro over the future direction for Kostunica over issues such as Montenegro and Kosovo, with some Montenegrins privately expressing deep disquiet.
(19) There will remain much disquiet about the inclusion of Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia in the agreement.
(20) This situation initially appeared to cause some disquiet to my hosts, though this later gave way to a more relaxed attitude with the sentiment that Genevan lawyers would be discreet, something that I did nothing to discourage.” On clinching arrangements in London, the bank manager wrote: “We subsequently repaired to the Ritz, for a very enjoyable lunch.” Humphreys told the Guardian his father eventually had to repay about $224,000 (£147,000) for evading tax due to the UK.
Unease
Definition:
(n.) Want of ease; uneasiness.
Example Sentences:
(1) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
(2) In a sign of deep unease among senior Tories at some of the party’s tactics, Forsyth accused the prime minister of having “shattered” the pro-UK alliance in Scotland and stirring up English nationalism after the Scottish independence referendum last year.
(3) It's a cause for unease when the women are named, but not the men.
(4) In a sign of the depth of unease within the party, reports strongly suggested it was not just doubters among his cabinet colleagues but a lack of support among the 2010 intake of MPs – who make up nearly half the parliamentary party – that persuaded Mitchell to resign.
(5) Even though there is so much that is amazing about Britain, if you ask your neighbours or your workmates how they feel right now in this fast changing world, they will probably talk about their sense of unease.
(6) We Poles look on border changes in Europe with unease: Poland’s border has been shifted too often without asking Poles for their opinion, but at our cost.
(7) These feelings were allayed by counseling, but there was evidence of some residual unease.
(8) David Bickford told the Guardian Britain's intelligence agencies should seek authority for secret operations from a judge rather than a minister because public unease about their surveillance techniques is at an all-time high.
(9) And there is unease that despite the full blooded, war-footing support of the Sun, David Cameron's Conservatives are failing to establish the sort of lead that was expected of them.
(10) The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has met with the DfE and warned it of the growing unease among its members.
(11) It now connotes much more than an economic strategy, evoking, as the phrase “winter of discontent” did for so many years, a much broader sense of unease.
(12) I was angry when I saw it because I’m working hard, as are other Labour MPs and activists around the country, trying to get a Labour government back in six months’ time, and she set that process back.” David Lammy, the former minister who is hoping to stand as the Labour candidate in the 2016 London mayoral contest, added to the sense of unease in the party when he warned that the party had become “culturally adrift” from its traditional base.
(13) Not knowing what the Fed will do and when it will do it – one of the very, very few factors that does lie within the control of policymakers – has been a source of unease and uncertainty for years.
(14) However, the ruling party and the government it controls are under pressure to improve the court system to address citizens’ unease that they have no real recourse in conflicts, including with local officials they accuse of unfairly seizing property and other wrongdoing.
(15) However, it is understood that Bernard Gray, the Ministry of Defence's head of procurement, has been using US government concerns over the transaction, and the unease on the Tory backbenches about job security, to leverage a better deal for Britain.
(16) The Sun veteran, for years a close confidant of Rupert Murdoch , told Radio 4 that "there is unease about the way that some of the best journalists in Fleet Street have ended up being arrested on evidence that the MSC has handed to the police".
(17) But look behind these faces, into the minds of the people who created the poster, and you will find those who assume we all share their unease with racial diversity.
(18) Gove, a member of the so called "quartet" running the party's election campaign, has made little secret of his unease.
(19) The rise of highly gendered toys is a result of capitalism, but it also suggests a deep, subconscious unease with the advances of the past few decades.
(20) She was clearly feeling the same sense of excitement tinged with unease.