- present participle of disconcert.
disconcerting
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But Schoenbrun’s innate familiarity with the internet — its legendary Creepypasta stories and disconcerting YouTube videos that seem to spring from the void — sets their story apart from the classics.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
"It's quite disconcerting," said one who gave only his first name, Louis, when he found his line closed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
But they did have one potentially innovative and surprising, if disconcerting, solution to our national public health information crisis: A.I. has the potential to help stave off a conspiratorial catastrophe during the next pandemic.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
There’s something slightly disconcerting about seeing Golding’s austere, inward fictions placed alongside works operating in such different registers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
These chaotic, tormented scenes were a thousand times more disconcerting than the scandalous mummies she had expected to find.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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The Great Gatsby
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