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Unhappy


UNHAP'PY, adjective

1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

2. Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy

3. Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as an unhappy day.

This unhappy morn.

4. Mischievous; irregular.