unhappy

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♦ un|hap|py /ʌnh'æpi/ (unhappier unhappiest)
1 [ADJ]
If you are unhappy, you are sad and depressed.
Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy...
He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man...
= miserable
≠ happy
● unhappily [ADV] usu ADV with v
`I don't have your imagination,' King said unhappily.
...an unhappily married woman.
● unhappiness [N-UNCOUNT]
There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about/at n/-ing, ADJ that
If you are unhappy about something, you are not pleased about it or not satisfied with it.
He has been unhappy with his son's political leanings...
I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence...
A lot of Republicans are unhappy that the government isn't doing more.
● unhappiness [N-UNCOUNT] oft N with/about n, N that
He has, by submitting his resignation, signalled his unhappiness with the government's decision.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
An unhappy situation or choice is not satisfactory or desirable.
...this unhappy chapter in the history of relations between our two countries...
...unhappy experiences of writing for television.

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