unsettledness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNSET'TLEDNESS, noun 1. The state of being unfixed, unsettled or undetermined. 2. Irresolution; fluctuation of mind or opinions. 3. Uncertainty. 4. Want of fixedness; fluctuation.
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