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uncomfortable
adjective
Conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
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Pronunciation
ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bəl
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adjective
Conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
“This kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable”
adjective
Providing or experiencing physical discomfort
“An uncomfortable chair”
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Example Sentences
This kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable
The uncomfortable truth
Grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye
An uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest
The teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable
An uncomfortable chair
An uncomfortable day in the hot sun
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