(unhappier, unhappiest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are ~, you are sad and depressed.
Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately ~...
He was a shy, sometimes ~ man...
= miserable
? happy
ADJ
unhappily
‘I don’t have your imagination,’ King said unhappily.
...an unhappily married woman.
ADV: usu ADV with v
unhappiness
There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you are ~ about something, you are not pleased about it or not satisfied with it.
He has been ~ with his son’s political leanings...
I suspect he isn’t altogether ~ about my absence...
A lot of Republicans are ~ that the government isn’t doing more.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about/at n/-ing, ADJ that
unhappiness
He has, by submitting his resignation, signalled his unhappiness with the government’s decision.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N with/about n, N that
3.
An ~ situation or choice is not satisfactory or desirable.
...this ~ chapter in the history of relations between our two countries...
...~ experiences of writing for television.
ADJ: ADJ n