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# unhappiness

«unhappiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of being sad or not happy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (unhappiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Unhappiness is the feeling of being sad or not happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories unhappiness can be a character's problem to solve. In lessons on wellbeing, talking about unhappiness to a trusted adult helps. Phrases: cause unhappiness, deep unhappiness.

### examples

- There was unhappiness in the class when the trip was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x1)
- His unhappiness showed on his face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x2)
- Losing her pet caused great unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x3)
- Talking to Mum eased his unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x4)
- Bullying causes a lot of unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x5)
- The story ends with the end of unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x6)
- Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another's unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. The «y» of happy becomes «i»: unhappiness. Adjective: unhappy. Opposite: happiness.

### In the corpora

- [A rough patch is a hard time in a relationship, with more arguing or unhappiness, and many couples come through it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unhappiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.