Meanings
comparative more unsettled · superlative most unsettled
- Disturbed, upset.
I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
1 more example
Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Railway Year Book, 1946-47. […] Although the preparation of the fifty-second edition of this well-known work proved a far from easy task, owing to the continuance of unsettled conditions in many parts of the world, the response to the endeavours of the publishers to obtain accurate and complete information has exceeded anything that would have been possible twelve months earlier.
1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 64 - Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
Synonyms: problematic
- Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
- Unpaid.
We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unsettle
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot settled or established
adjectivesubject to change
adjectivenot yet settled
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian смутен, притеснен
- смутен (smuten)disturbed
- притеснен (pritesnen)disturbed
- променлив (promenliv)subject to change
- неустановен (neustanoven)subject to change
- незаселен (nezaselen)not populated
- неплатен (neplaten)unpaid
Finnish rauhaton, levoton
- rauhatondisturbed
- levotondisturbed
- muuttuvasubject to change
- asumatonnot populated
- asuttamatonnot populated
- maksamatonunpaid
German beunruhigt, unbeständig
- beunruhigtdisturbed
- unbeständigsubject to change
- unsichersubject to change
- unbesiedeltnot populated
- offenunpaid
- unbezahltunpaid
- unbeglichenunpaid
Irish aistreach, neamhshocair
- aistreachdisturbed
- neamhshocairdisturbed
- neamhshocairsubject to change
Māori ārangi, hūrangi
- ārangidisturbed
- hūrangidisturbed
- tīrangidisturbed
- tateredisturbed
- hārangidisturbed
- kaparangidisturbed
- kārangidisturbed
- hikirangidisturbed
- tīneineidisturbed
- whakaroiroidisturbed
- māngidisturbed
- huirangisubject to change
Persian اندروا
- اندروا (andarvâ)subject to change
Romanian tulburat, schimbător
- tulburatdisturbed
- schimbătorsubject to change
- nepopulatnot populated
- nelocuitnot populated
- neplătitunpaid
Swedish orolig
- oroligdisturbed
Cite this entry
unsettled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsettled
“unsettled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsettled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsettled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsettled.
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