unsettled
Not yet decided
Unsettled describes something not yet resolved or established.
An unsettled question remains open; an unsettled debt is unpaid; unsettled weather is changeable and unpredictable.
A person who feels unsettled is uneasy or disturbed: The news left her unsettled.
Unsettled land has no permanent inhabitants.
The word suggests instability awaiting resolution.
Troubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- tenseStrained or nervous
troubled · agitated · distressed · edgy · jittery · stressed · fretful · alarmed
Not having chosen
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- hesitantSlow to act
- uncertainNot firmly known
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
irresolute · vacillating · noncommittal · torn · conflicted · unsure · doubtful · uncommitted
Argued against, disputed
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- undecidedNot having chosen
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
open · litigated · arbitrated · negotiated · debated · challenged · claimed · boundary
Without fixed residence
- rootlessHaving no stable foundation
- itinerantMoving for work
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- driftingMoving without purpose
displaced · homeless · migratory · uprooted · vagabond · restless · peripatetic · roving
Exceptionally good or unpaid
delinquent · arrears · balance · invoice · debt · account · receivable · collectible
Lacking balance or stability
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
changeable · fluctuating · variable · turbulent · precarious · rocky · uncertain · mercurial
Having no residents
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- unclaimedNot yet taken
- frontierEdge of settlement
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wild · barren · virgin · unexplored · empty · desolate · untamed · uncolonized
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
tense · troubled · agitated · distressed · edgy · jittery · stressed · fretful · alarmed · panicky
undecided
Not having chosen
ambivalent · irresolute · vacillating · noncommittal · torn · conflicted · unsure · doubtful · uncommitted · unresolved
contested
Argued against, disputed
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- undecidedNot having chosen
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
outstanding · open · litigated · arbitrated · negotiated · debated · challenged · claimed · boundary · territorial
nomadic
Without fixed residence
drifting · displaced · homeless · migratory · uprooted · vagabond · restless · peripatetic · roving · adrift
outstanding
Exceptionally good or unpaid
payable · delinquent · arrears · balance · invoice · debt · account · receivable · collectible · pending
unsteady
Lacking balance or stability
unpredictable · changeable · fluctuating · variable · turbulent · precarious · rocky · uncertain · mercurial · temperamental
unpopulated
Having no residents
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- unclaimedNot yet taken
- frontierEdge of settlement
wilderness · wild · barren · virgin · unexplored · empty · desolate · untamed · uncolonized · undeveloped
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- indecisionindecision, indecisiveness, conflicted, hesitation, indecisive
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- uneasyanxious, nervous, jittery, edgy, tense
- stirred upincited, provoked, roused, agitated, riled
- Lacrosselacrosse stick, lacrosse ball, goal, goalie, attack
unsettledcalm
Free from agitation
serene · tranquil · composed · unperturbed · peaceful
unsettledsettled
No longer in question
decided · resolved · determined · established · certain
unsettling, unsettle, unsettles, unsettledness, unsettleable