unsettle

unsettling | American Dictionary

unsettling
adjective
us/ʌnˈset·lɪŋ, -ˈset̬·əl·ɪŋ/

unsettlingadjective (CHANGEABLE)

that causes sudden, unexpected changes:
A rise in unemployment has an unsettling effect on the stock market.

unsettlingadjective (ANXIOUS)

making you feel anxious and worried:
I received the unsettling news that I may lose my job next month.

Examples of unsettling

unsettling
The studies reviewed in this chapter point to a consistent minority of language learners who find language learning an uncomfortable and unsettling experience.
Cogs unsettling gaze is little more than a clever illusion.
Models which put turbulent particles on circular orbits are, however, somewhat unsettling.
Despite the sobering and sometimes unsettling story he tells, it is a pleasure to read the book.
With their camp 1500 m below them, this was an unsettling turn of events.
Such widespread manipulation of the urban landscape was at once exhilarating and unsettling.
Attempting to account for this unsettling fact, observers have tended to emphasize that medical professionals have the easiest access to the drug.
What business had the government in unsettling opinions, disturbing the certainties of identity and outlook?
We suggest that this is a much more emotional process, which caters to, and impacts upon, each individual in unique and potentially unsettling ways.
However, even though unsettling audiences was not in his original plans, it was a side effect that he predicted and that he is pleased about.
However, it is even more unsettling when biological reasons are given to explain this observation.
Furthermore, the prospect of yet more surveys tends to have a very unsettling effect on many local authority officers.
Neither the music video nor the album offer any clues on a ' correct' reading of this song and the resulting effect is quite marvellously unsettling.
Perhaps more unsettling than the double standard in prosecuting the robed brood was the one that existed in actual law enforcement.
What accounts for the success of theories that were in other respects so unsettling?
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