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unquiet

un·quiet

uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

characterized by unrest or disorder

  • “unquiet days of riots”
  • “following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation”
  • “spent an unquiet night tossing and turning”
2.

causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

  • “spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
  • “cast anxious glances behind her”
  • “those nervous moments before takeoff”
  • “an unquiet mind”

Origin

From un- + quiet.

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