Perturbing
/pərˈtɜːrbɪŋ/
Definitions
- (adj.) Causing anxiety or disturbance within legal proceedings or contexts.
The witness found the conflicting testimony quite perturbing during the trial.
- (v. (participle)) Present participle of perturb; to disturb or unsettle the state of something, often in a legal or procedural context.
The new evidence was perturbing the previously accepted facts of the case.
Forms
- perturb
- perturbs
- perturbed
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Commentary
Often used descriptively in legal analysis to denote unsettling or complicating factors affecting case stability or evidence reliability.
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