unsettled
adjective
1. still in doubt
- an unsettled issue
- an unsettled state of mind
Similar word(s): doubtful, tentative, open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved
2. not settled or established
- an unsettled lifestyle
Similar word(s): aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant, erratic, planetary, wandering, homeless, stateless, migrant, migratory, mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, peripatetic, wayfaring, itinerant, rootless, unlocated
3. subject to change
- unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other
Similar word(s): variable, changeable, uncertain
4. not yet settled
- unsettled territory
Similar word(s): uninhabited
Sentences with unsettled as an adjective:
- I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
- We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of unsettle