alarming

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The overall decline in participation is less alarming when you focus on people ages 25 to 54, who are less likely to be in school or retired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

At first glance, finding worms in fish may seem alarming.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

He is irreplaceable, the drop-off after him alarming.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

An alarming nugget buried in the Treasury Department’s annual report External link on the federal government’s books from the last fiscal year: Its long-term liabilities exceed its expected revenue by tens of trillions of dollars.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

We played the Steinway in the middle of the night, filling the darkness with half-remembered music, alarming the cats and terrifying the hired men.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn