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Plural of unrest

regular plural

The plural of unrest is unrests.

Forms of unrest

Singularunrest /ʌnˈɹɛst/
Pluralunrests
Countableusually uncountable

Unrests in a sentence

  • In her pyjamas, Sadie turned back the bedclothes to a single sheet, and settled down under it with a sigh of content; the languors of a body untroubled by mental unrests were a reward for the day's exertions.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 8

Meaning of unrest

  1. noun A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
  2. noun Something that troubles or confuses; that which causes unrest.

Full definition of unrest

Questions about the plural of unrest

What is the plural of unrest?
The plural of unrest is unrests.
Is unrest countable?
Unrest is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unrest (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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