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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 In the extended episode, the Heeler family home is up for sale, and Bluey’s unhappy. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025 But the unhappy ending is especially head-pounding for Saxon Ratliff (Patrick Schwarzenegger). Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025 What might have been a pleasant interlude turned into an unhappy five-year-old and another frustrating exercise requiring far more customer effort than necessary. Roger Dooley, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 Rather than panic, consider that software developers are pretty unhappy with the status quo. Steve Rodda, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhappy
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  • Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.
    Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • Here at home, extreme weather exacerbated by climate change is having many unfortunate impacts on our lives, from farmers losing crops to devastating floods, brush fires, and high heat days.
    Michael Leone, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Viet and Nam try to make sense of the tragic deaths of unfortunate people like Nam’s father, while their film namesake also attempts to do similar for people like those who have perished when attempting to find a new life.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.
    Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.
    Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
    Gaylyn Henderson, MPH, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
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  • In her home state, about 4 in 10 New York voters in the November election viewed her favorably while about the same share had an unfavorable opinion, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the 2024 electorate.
    Jonathan J. Cooper and Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
  • This combination of company-specific issues and unfavorable market sentiment has driven CRWD stock down approximately 20% from its February peak, returning to around $360 per share.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • The app has a private messaging feature that can lead to inappropriate conversations with predators.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Cornelius said that the superintendent later informed her of other prior incidents including her son — who has autism and is nonverbal — getting a shower without her permission, getting called vulgar names by staff and teachers, and receiving other inappropriate comments.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • Many parents, in fact, report that the worst-case scenario is not when your whole family is ill but when the adults are miserable and the under-six cohort feels just fine.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Scratching will just make your rash worse and your life more miserable.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
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  • No punishment for shooting a disastrous 24 percent from 3, the team’s worst perimeter performance since its 6-for-23 effort from deep against St. John’s on Feb. 23.
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Or how about their disastrous appearance on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here?
    EW Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Unhappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhappy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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