The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RESTLESS
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More clues leading to the result RESTLESS
- Losing weight, fights in the ring with son, keeping moving
- Worried having to work longer hours?
- Troubled wife avoids fights with son
- Agitated way the French ship goes after engineers
- Fidgety? Be more active!
- Others not as unsettled
- Uneasy when lacking support
- Bored? Take fewer breaks
- Lacking support, snooker player is so impatient
- Anxious struggle to get wife off ship
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What does RESTLESS mean?
RESTLESS adjective- Not allowing or affording rest.
- Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
- Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
- Deprived of rest or sleep.