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uneasy

[uhn-ee-zee] / ʌnˈi zi /


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However, he points out that some farmers might be uneasy about sharing commercially sensitive information about their growing strategies, such as fertiliser and irrigation plans, with third parties and AI models.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

True, there have been moments in the nation’s martial past when social progress and military resistance sat in uneasy tension.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some at the Fed have been uneasy about the report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

At 88, Scott remains the cinema’s uneasy philosopher, continually fretting about the technological and societal tools we’ve developed to destroy ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

For some reason, I felt uneasy about watching the news alone when it came on at eleven, so I turned to PBS and watched something called “History of Metallurgy.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

But Mr. Sebastian sounded uneasier about Mr. Trump, despite having hoped for the best after his election.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2018

Yet fiction seems to have an uneasier relationship with influence than other art forms.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018

But Phil Young, a 27-year veteran of the Army and Marine Corps, walking alongside Mr. Pierson, was uneasier about the Republican nominee, sharing reservations that underscore the roadblocks confronting Mr. Trump.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2016

They enjoy being scared, but become uneasier by the degree to which they can place themselves in a drama.

From Time Magazine Archive

The longer she looked the uneasier he got and the faster he shifted from one foot to the other.

From Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

Mahershala Ali’s win for Supporting Actor, for his role in “Green Book,” was one of the uneasiest moments of the night.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019

Then into the strangest, uneasiest song REM had to date recorded, with Stipe flashing in and out of focus as the lights flickered around the band.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2012

A beaming Harry, 20, who was said to be the uneasiest about his relationship with his new stepmom, was first to wave back.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well," replied Peter, "all the rest of the Warblers are the uneasiest folks I know of.

From The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

When they had finished Edna offered to show Judge Trent a shady hammock where breezes were warranted to lull all but the uneasiest conscience to rest.

From The Opened Shutters by Clara Louise Burnham




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