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Unhappy Unhappiness Pleased Satisfied I Lot Son's Political

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If you are u______ about something, you are not pleased about it or not satisfied with it.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.
He has, by resigning, signalled his unhappiness with the government's decision.
word unhappy
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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.
I thought of my father's unhappy boyhood.
'I don't have your imagination,' King said unhappily.
...an unhappily married couple.
There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence.
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.
He has, by resigning, signalled his unhappiness with the government's decision.
An unhappy situation or choice is not satisfactory or desirable .
...this unhappy chapter in the history of relations between our two countries.
The legislation represents in itself an unhappy compromise.
...unhappy experiences of writing for television.
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