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unhappy

  • adjective
  • un·hap·py
  • /ʌnˈhæpi/

Not happy; sad.

Example

“I am unhappy.”

Other meanings

  1. Not satisfied; unsatisfied.

    “An unhappy customer is unlikely to return to your shop.”

  2. Not lucky; unlucky.

    “The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star.”

Related words

  • unhappily
  • unhappiness
  • unhappy triad
  • unhappy number

Word history

From Middle English "unhappy".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “unhappy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.