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un⋅hap⋅py

  [uhn-hap-ee]
Use unhappy in a Sentence
–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
2. unfortunate; unlucky: an unhappy incident.
3. unfavorable; inauspicious: an unhappy omen.
4. infelicitous; unsuitable: an unhappy choice of words.
5. Archaic. causing trouble; reprehensible; troublesome.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME: causing misfortune, objectionable; see un- 1 , happy

Related forms:
un⋅hap⋅pi⋅ly, adverb
un⋅hap⋅pi⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. sorrowful, downcast, cheerless, distressed. 2. hapless. 3. unpropitious. 4. inappropriate, inapt.
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un·hap·py   (ŭn-hāp'ē)   
adj.   un·hap·pi·er, un·hap·pi·est
  1. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful: unhappy over his friend's departure.
  2. Not satisfied; displeased or discontented: unhappy with her raise.
  3. Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky.
  4. Not suitable; inappropriate: an unhappy choice of words.
un·hap'pi·ly adv., un·hap'pi·ness n.
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Unhappy

Un*hap"py\, a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.

3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. "The unhappy morn." --Milton.

4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak. -- Un*hap"pi*ly, adv. -- Un*hap"pi*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : unhappy
Spanish: infeliz,
German: traurig,
Japanese: 不幸な
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unhappy 
c.1300, "causing misfortune or trouble (to oneself or others)," from un- (1) "not" + happy. Meaning "unfortunate, unlucky" is recorded from 1375; sense of "miserable, wretched" is recorded from 1390 (originally via misfortune or mishap). Unhappily is attested from c.1340 (cf. O.N. unheppiliga).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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