Definition for UN-SET'TLED

UN-SET'TLED, pp.

  1. Unfixed; unhinged; rendered fluctuating.
  2. adj. Not settled; not fixed; not determined; as doctrine, questions, opinions and the like.
  3. Not established. Dryden.
  4. Not regular; unequal; changeable; as, an unsettled season; unsettled weather. Bentley.
  5. Not having a legal settlement in a town or parish.
  6. Having no fixed place of abode. Hooker.
  7. Not having deposited its fecal matter; turbid; as, settled liquor.
  8. Having no inhabitants; not occupied by permanent inhabitants; as, unsettled lands in America. Belknap. Hamilton.

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