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unhappy

US /ənˈhæpi/

adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Several customers were unhappy with the long waiting time.

Word Family

NounNoun
unhappiness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
unhappy gốc
AdverbAdv
unhappily

Synonyms

  • dissatisfiedfail to satisfy
  • sadexperiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - Christina Rossetti
  • discontentedmake dissatisfied

Collocations

  • Easy unhappy customer
    describing unhappy customer (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
  • Medium unhappy with working conditions
    describing unhappy with working conditions (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
  • Hard unhappy consequences of fiscal mismanagement
    describing unhappy consequences of fiscal mismanagement (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
  • Very Hard trapped in an unhappy predicament of one's own making
    to trapped in an unhappy predicament of one's own making, meaning to place in a confining or embarrassing position

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.