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unnerved

ADJECTIVE
demoralized
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK






ADJECTIVE
stressed out
Synonyms
Antonyms






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Meta’s A.I.-driven appeal system — which he said required uploading a passport, driver’s license and facial recognition scans — left him unnerved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The 24-year-old Howard University law student has spent weeks steering clear of produce, unnerved by cyclospora outbreaks that have made thousands of people sick this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Bowling an immaculate line and using the demons in the pitch, Archer unnerved Devon Conway with a blow to the helmet and, four balls later, had the left-hander fend to second slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

“I thought — but a trick of the light, I suppose —” said Hepzibah, looking unnerved, and Harry guessed that she too had seen the momentary red gleam in Voldemort’s eyes.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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