unsetting

Taking out of place

Unsetting is the act of removing or reversing a setting—returning something to a default or unspecified state.

In computing, you unset a variable or configuration option: Unsetting the flag restored the original behavior.

The word appears mainly in technical contexts where settings can be toggled on and off.

disconcerting

disorienting

Causing loss of direction

off-putting · disquieting · troubling · perplexing · bewildering · discomfiting · confusing · upsetting · startling · discomposing

Opposites
celestial motion

unsettingsetting

Context of events

sinking · descending · going down · dropping · declining

placement/fixation

unsettingsetting

Context of events

placing · fixing · establishing · installing · positioning

Family

set, upset, setting, unsettled, unsettling, offset, reset, setter, preset

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