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{
"term": "unhappy",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not happy; sad",
"sensetop": "unhappy to do something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to feel/look/seem/sound/become unhappy"
},
{
"text": "an unhappy marriage/childhood"
},
{
"text": "I didn't realize but he was deeply unhappy at that time."
},
{
"text": "This story has an unhappy ending."
},
{
"text": "It makes me very unhappy to see you so miserable.",
"contextForm": "unhappy to do something"
},
{
"text": "She grew more unhappy as the years went by."
},
{
"text": "She sounded so unhappy when I left her."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "at", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not pleased or satisfied with somebody/something",
"sensetop": "unhappy about/at somethingunhappy about/at doing somethingunhappy with somebody/somethingunhappy to do somethingunhappy (that)…",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "unhappy customers"
},
{
"text": "Many people are deeply unhappy about the way the government has handled this matter.",
"contextForm": "unhappy about/at something"
},
{
"text": "He was unhappy at being left out of the team.",
"contextForm": "unhappy about/at doing something"
},
{
"text": "They were unhappy with their accommodation.",
"contextForm": "unhappy with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Your teacher says she's very unhappy with you."
},
{
"text": "A lot of people were unhappy with the decision."
},
{
"text": "Shareholders are unhappy to have him as their CEO.",
"contextForm": "unhappy to do something"
},
{
"text": "Voters are unhappy that he has failed to deliver the kind of change that he promised.",
"contextForm": "unhappy (that)…"
},
{
"text": "You should offer unhappy customers a proper complaints system."
},
{
"text": "We felt entirely unhappy with the whole situation."
},
{
"text": "They were terribly unhappy with the arrangements."
},
{
"text": "She was very unhappy at the idea of staying in London."
},
{
"text": "He was equally unhappy with the alternative."
},
{
"text": "He sounded a bit unhappy about the extra work he had to do."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "at", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not suitable",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an unhappy coincidence"
},
{
"text": "It was an unhappy choice of words."
}
],
"synonyms": "unfortunate"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʌnˈhæpi/",
"audio": "un/unhappy/unhappy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʌnˈhæpi/",
"audio": "un/unhappy/unhappy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}