unquiet

adjective

un·​qui·​et ˌən-ˈkwī-ət How to pronounce unquiet (audio)
1
: not quiet : agitated, turbulent
2
: physically, emotionally, or mentally restless : uneasy
unquietly adverb
unquietness noun

Examples of unquiet in a Sentence

We live in unquiet times. plagued with an unquiet mind the whole time her son was stationed overseas
Recent Examples on the Web The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more. Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023 Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force. The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022 Something is certainly making Sutter’s unquiet spirit walk. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022 Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation. Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book. Fintan O’Toole, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022 With gentle humor, Flora’s visitations flip the racial script: rather than unquiet Natives rising from violated land, Erdrich conjures a busybody settler exasperating the Ojibwe living. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021 In the racist trope of the unquiet Indian in modern American horror, the dead are violent by default and stuck in a kind of death match with the living. Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2021 Emily and Ted, these notably unquiet Americans, win over their doubters through the brute force of their charm. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unquiet was in the 14th century

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“Unquiet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unquiet. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

unquiet

adjective
un·​qui·​et ˌən-ˈkwī-ət How to pronounce unquiet (audio)
ˈən-
1
: not quiet : agitated, turbulent
2
unquietly adverb
unquietness noun
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