Meanings
comparative more disconcerning · superlative most disconcerning
- proscribedConcerning; disconcerting.
It's very disconcerning not being able to remember the people in my life, or most of the past events.
2005, Vedah Sipe-Casella, Memories Don't Die, →ISBN2 more examples
The notion that different means of obtaining information may lead to different findings may be disconcerning at first but should not be.
1987, William J. McAuley, Applied Research in Gerontology, →ISBN, page 104Even more disconcerning to the ninjas were the four-dozen black leather-clad men and women wearing masks and wielding sabres that now surrounded them.
2017, Stephen Pantoja, Gold Aegis, →ISBN, page 540
Origin
Probably a mishearing of disconcerting and confusion with concerning.
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