… the San Francisco police department, for example, handles 18,000 calls involving emotionally disturbed citizens every year.Newsweek
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a
: characterized or affected by interference, alteration, or disruption
restoration of disturbed habitats
disturbed sleep
b
: departing or deviating from a normal condition : marked by impairment
disturbed glucose metabolism
a disturbed gait
Example Sentences
He seems very disturbed about his work lately.
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