disconcerning
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a mishearing of disconcerting and confusion with concerning.
Adjective[edit]
disconcerning (comparative more disconcerning, superlative most disconcerning)
- (proscribed) Concerning; disconcerting.
- 1987, William J. McAuley, Applied Research in Gerontology, →ISBN, page 104:
- The notion that different means of obtaining information may lead to different findings may be disconcerning at first but should not be.
- 2005, Vedah Sipe-Casella, Memories Don't Die, →ISBN:
- It's very disconcerning not being able to remember the people in my life, or most of the past events.
- 2017, Stephen Pantoja, Gold Aegis, →ISBN, page 540:
- Even more disconcerning to the ninjas were the four-dozen black leather-clad men and women wearing masks and wielding sabres that now surrounded them.