The phrase "a restive one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a person or group that is restless, agitated, or unable to remain still, often in a context of dissatisfaction or impatience.
Example: "The crowd became a restive one as they waited for the concert to begin, growing increasingly impatient with each passing minute."
Alternatives: "an uneasy one" or "a restless one".
Michael Pravica, Henderson, Nevada A restive U.S. population?
"[The AKP government] punishes us for having voted against them," said one resident in Cizre, a restive town on the border with Syria and Iraq where dozens were killed and many more injured during a massive security operation in early September.
Ms. Surface described, only half-jokingly, some of the more restive ones: "It's what you imagine 19th-century theater was like -- rioting in the aisles, ripping up the draperies, like the people at the premiere of 'Carmen.' I know that my work has to be dead on, or my audience won't take it".
Drenika is a restive pre-teen target — one whose single mother works the late shift.
It is important to have at least one book on your shelves that will work as a sleeping draught on a restive toddler – alongside all the wonderfully hyperactive narratives that excite those on the edge of sleep.
One election worker was killed by a stray bullet in Rivers State, a restive region where six civilians and one soldier also died in a shootout, in a separate incident, according to civil society groups.
In eastern Ukraine, Stalin's regime killed 7 million people in an artificially created famine called Golodomor in the 1930s, to replace a restive population with a more loyal one.
China has an uneducated, increasingly restive population, one historically prone to swift and often disastrous alignments behind charismatic leaders.
But this is especially important for a one-party state with limited democracy and a restive population, and fearful that instability could undermine its legitimacy.
Officials on Sunday reported the assassination of a provincial jurist from a restive eastern province.
