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 [uhn-plez-uhnt]   Origin

un·pleas·ant

   [uhn-plez-uhnt]
adjective
not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
Origin:
1525–35; un-1 + pleasant

Related forms
un·pleas·ant·ly, adverb
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unpleasant (ʌnˈplɛzənt)
 
—adj
not pleasant or agreeable
 
un'pleasantly
 
—adv

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unpleasant
1538, from un- (1) "not" + pleasant.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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