unsettlement
English edit
Etymology edit
un- + settlement
Noun edit
unsettlement (countable and uncountable, plural unsettlements)
- The quality of being unsettled; upset or unrest.
- 1842, Joseph Sturge, A Visit To The United States In 1841[1]:
- Notwithstanding the unsettlement produced by the treaty during the past season, the Indians have raised an adequate supply of provisions to keep them comfortably during the year; and they manifest an increased desire to avoid the use of ardent spirits, and to have their children educated.
- An illegal or unofficial settlement, or community of people living together.