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disconcerting

[dis-kuhn-sur-ting] / ˌdɪs kənˈsɜr tɪŋ /














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But with the start of the 2026 season came disconcerting news.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

For France's mainstream left, it is all deeply disconcerting.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Interviewed on the podcast Top Traders Unplugged, White sketched out the problems facing advanced economies at present and delivered a disconcerting warning of the systemic failure he thinks may be in the offing.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Technically, the picture remains disconcerting for CarMax, with shares below downward-sloping moving-day averages.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

Pantalaimon had become a lemur, and was gazing at him with disconcerting wide eyes.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman