- present participle of disconcert.
disconcerting
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"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
"They're watching us - which is probably the most disconcerting part about it," said Chris Edwards.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mr. Dillon’s tone of clinical detachment—from the horrors of the Mao years, for example—can be disconcerting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
And he gave it back to Will, with a disconcerting, unreadable long stare out of his deep black eyes.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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