Unsettled vs Paradoxical - What's the difference?
unsettled | paradoxical | Related terms |
Disturbed, upset.
:I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
Unpaid.
:We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .
(unsettle)
Having self-contradictory properties.
* 1776 , (Adam Smith), , book II, ch 2
* 1898 , , , Book 2, ch 4
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Unsettled is a related term of paradoxical.
As adjectives the difference between unsettled and paradoxical
is that unsettled is disturbed, upset while paradoxical is having self-contradictory properties.As a verb unsettled
is (unsettle).unsettled
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(head)paradoxical
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(-)- It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical . When properly explained and understood, it is almost self-evident.
- It sounds paradoxical , but I am inclined to think that the weakness and insanity of the curate warned me, braced me, and kept me a sane man.
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- It was tightly fitted with a cap of the same substance, and bore engraved figurings of an evidently decorative and possibly symbolic nature - conventional designs which seemed to follow a peculiarly alien, paradoxical , and doubtfully describable system of geometry.