New and Unsettled

New

New adjective - Taking the place of one that came before.

Unsettled and new are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unsettled" instead an adjective "New".

Nearby Words: newness, newly, newish

Unsettled

Unsettled adjective - Likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly.

New and unsettled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "New" instead an adjective "Unsettled".

Nearby Word: unsettling

Both words in one sentence

  • Weak-Willed Their new master may even be unsettled by how readily they took to the conditioning.
    Source: Weak-Willed
  • Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Jen's family are notably unsettled when Jen not only comes up with a plan to get the new Head Auror laid, but also mentions how it wouldn't be worth the trouble to recruit most students from Hogwarts to be prostitutes.
  • Was Once a Man Played with in Paperinik New Adventures: the surviving Xerbians initially consider Xadhoom an alien monster (albeit an allied one), and are quite unsettled when they find out she was once their leader.
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