unsettled

unsettled
adj
1. unorganized, disorganized, disordered, disorderly, in disorder, in disarray, disarranged; deranged, discomposed, upset.
2. transient, itinerant, vagrant, Archaic. vagrom, vagabond, migratory, nomadic, wandering, roving.
3. uneasy, anxious, tense, Inf. on pins and needles; restless, restive, fidgety; disturbed, perturbed, flustered, ruffled, rattled, thrown; in a dither, Inf. in a tizzy, Inf. in a stew, Inf. in a lather; agitated, shaken, Sl. shook, Sl. all shook up; confused, disoriented, mixed-up, Inf. discombobulated.
4. unstable, unsteady, shaky, insecure, infirm; irresolute, indecisive, undecided, of two minds, ambivalent; equivocating, seesawing, wavering, oscillating, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold; hesitant, hesitating, shilly-shallying; weak-willed, wishy-washy, spineless, infirm of purpose.
5. uninhabited, unpopulated, unpeopled, unoccupied; desolate, barren, forsaken.
6. undetermined, indeterminate, indefinite, uncertain, unsure, at loose ends; unresolved, unestablished, unproved, undemonstrated; moot, debatable, arguable, contestable, disputable; doubtful, dubious, questionable, open to doubt or question.
7. pending, open, in suspense, in the balance, Inf. up in the air, Inf. up for grabs; tentative, contingent, conditional; payable, outstanding, owing, in arrears.
8. inconstant, variable, changeable, changeful, ever-changing, protean, mutable, permutable, alterable; vacillating, fluctuating, irregular, erratic, inconsistent, unreliable, undependable, desultory; fickle, capricious, moody.

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