Unsettledness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being unsettled. countable, uncountable

    "All the wives, mothers and sisters in Knoxville will be in a perfect state of “unsettledness” during the coming week in deciding what to give to their boys, husbands, brothers and fathers for X’mas."

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"All the wives, mothers and sisters in Knoxville will be in a perfect state of “unsettledness” during the coming week in deciding what to give to their boys, husbands, brothers and fathers for X’mas."

Etymology

From unsettled + -ness.

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