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as in sad
feeling unhappiness he's been unhappy ever since his family's move, which took him away from all his friends

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Recent Examples of unhappy A lot of people are really unhappy about this, especially as not everyone is following the mandate. R29 Team, Refinery29, 26 Sep. 2025 Roseanne Barr is unhappy that Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025 There is a form of right-of-center liberalism that is content with status hierarchies, that is very unhappy with anything that makes people feel reprimanded. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 There were a lot of hardcore fans that were unhappy with the first movie. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhappy
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Adjective
  • One purveyor of fairy tales that wasn’t afraid of a sad ending?
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Sade Bess, a Combs fan from Brooklyn, left the court’s overflow observation room looking both sad and relieved.
    Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • All the rest are likely to shine in movies by good directors, and most actors whose reputations aren’t illustriously artistic have mainly been unfortunate in their collaborations.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Irish butter may now an internationally marketable commodity, but in Swift’s day, the Irish peasantry fought back against their replacement by cattle by maiming and driving the unfortunate cattle off cliffs.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The environment, rich in chemicals and low in oxygen due to bacterial mats, was unsuitable for scavengers.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Due to the approaching darkness and unsuitable weather conditions, rescuers could not be deployed that night out of concern for their safety.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The writer, known for her trailblazing work in confessional poetry, was clinically depressed and died by suicide at age 30.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Barbeau had been living alone, depressed and isolated since Jessica’s death.
    Jon Michael Varese, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With Dart now the starter in New York, however, Ward will need to overcome unfavorable surroundings and orchestrate a Titans turnaround to stay in the top spot.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • After an unfavorable appeals court decision in December, Nasdaq stopped mandating companies disclose their board gender and diversity stats.
    Julia Boorstin, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The girl also reported seeing inappropriate images on the screensaver of an iPad at Berrelez’s home.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Judge Arun Subramanian noted the tone of the defense's letter was inappropriate and should not be done again.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Tracy Wright , Maria Paronich , Kirill Clark, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The same goes for Treinen, who endured a miserable September, allowing 12 runs (10 earned) in 9 1/3 innings.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And so, a miserable team performance was cemented into a 26-21 loss, the team’s first of the year.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Pittman, 63, was credited with stabilizing the program in the wake of the disastrous 4-20 run in two years under Chad Morris (2018-19), and had a 32-34 record in his first FBS head coaching job.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Inconsistencies in recent years, along with a disastrous 56-13 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, spelled the end of Pittman's tenure at Arkansas.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Unhappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhappy. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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