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unhappy

/ʌnˈhæpi/ adjective A2
  1. Not happy; sad. · I am unhappy.
  2. Not satisfied; unsatisfied. · An unhappy customer is unlikely to return to your shop.
  3. Not lucky; unlucky. (dated) · The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star.
  4. Not suitable; unsuitable. (dated)

Comparative unhappier · Superlative unhappiest

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As they walked off together, Alice heard the King say in a low voice, to the company generally, “You are all pardoned.” “Come, _that’s_ a good thing!” she said to herself, for she had felt quite unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 71 · B2
Very small and unhappy she looked, and Matthew’s heart smote him.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 72 · C1
“Oh, certainly--certainly--just as you say,” stammered unhappy Matthew, seizing the rake and making for the door.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 190 · C1
I am the unhappiest girl in Prince Edward Island.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 216 · C1

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