restless

/ˈrestləs/ adjective

Definition

NOT STILL › unable to be still or relax because you are bored or nervous: The audience was getting restless.

NOT SATISFIED › not satisfied with what you are doing now and wanting something new: After a while in the same relationship I start to get restless.

restlessly adverb restlessness noun [U]

(Definition of restless adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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