were disconcerting
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disconcert

For the Police Officer, a victim of fate, lacking ears, nose, and hair were disconcerting features for those around him.
Para el oficial de policía, una víctima del destino, que carecen de oídos, la nariz y el cabello se desconcertantes características de los que le rodean.
All of them were disconcerting at first: even Saint Francis was very troubling, and it was very difficult for the pope to give a canonical form to a reality that was much broader than the juridical regulations.
Inicialmente eran siempre incómodas: incluso san Francisco incomodaba mucho y para el Papa era muy difícil dar una forma canónica a una realidad que era mucho más grande que los reglamentos jurídicos.
The politician's answers were disconcerting. The interviewer clearly didn't know what to make of them.
Las respuestas del político fueron abracadabrantes. El entrevistador claramente no sabía qué pensar.
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