- present participle of unnerve.
unnerving
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“It was strangely calming and unnerving at the same time,” said Dan Moisand, a Florida financial adviser at Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo and a MarketWatch contributor.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Student protests spiraled into riots earlier this month, further unnerving investors and households.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Well, that and placing some distance between him and his wife’s unnerving autocratic behavior.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The experience has been unnerving and “really confusing for me,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
On a Saturday morning in late 1949, he called an urgent staff meeting to outline the concept, unnerving not a few staff members roused from their slumbers by the unexpected weekend alert.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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