(alsouneasiness[U])afeelingof beingworriedabout something:Thesecuritylapseshavecausedwidespreaduneaseamongstairpassengers.unease about/over/withPolls show an unease over thedepthof thegovernmentcuts.growing/increasing uneaseYesterday'sdecisionhighlightsanincreasingunease amongclientcompaniesat thebroadeningactivitiesofinvestmentbanks.Heacknowledgedthatmergertalkshavecreatedsome uneasiness amongemployees.(Definition ofuneasefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunease
uneaseI reached this conclusion with substantialuneaseand turmoil.From theCambridge English CorpusThe moment is set amidst considerable and explicituneaseon behalf of both legislators and judges.From theCambridge English CorpusSimilarly, the instrumental and vocal teachers articulateduneaseabout comprehending children and supervising groups.From theCambridge English CorpusOn the whole, however, myuneasewas not warranted.From theCambridge English CorpusTheuneaseof liberal councils was finally alleviated by the national government's wresting of township administration from municipal control.From theCambridge English CorpusSpeakers may otherwise verbally indicate theiruneasewith expressing a controversial view.From theCambridge English CorpusMy efforts in this paper will be directed toward exploring the source of thisunease, focusing on the problem of cost containment.From theCambridge English CorpusI must confess, however, to someuneaseat this form of writing as it is never evident whose account this ultimately is.From theCambridge English CorpusIndeed, such emotive approaches to the question of extraterrestrialism are with us still, and so is the religiousuneaseon the question of pluralism.From theCambridge English CorpusStill, his response suggests how the material culture of law enforcement addressed a widespreaduneaseover police procedures.From theCambridge English CorpusThere will inevitably be a deep sense ofuneaseand unhappiness.From theCambridge English CorpusThere was growinguneasewith this method of recruiting interpreters.From theCambridge English CorpusThis indicates a profound hybridity that may contribute to the psychiatricuneaseepitomized in the magic complex.From theCambridge English CorpusAs they spoke quietly among themselves, she could sense in some theirunease; in some, anticipation; and, in others, desperation.From theCambridge English CorpusThisuneaseis not just a mental phenomenon, but is based in a physically experienced sense of difference.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/unease##
