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  • adjective comparative form of unhappy: more unhappy

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Examples

  • Dickie was very polite to the landlord, at whom in unhappier days he had sometimes made faces, and when the landlord went he had six of their shillings and they had the key.

    Harding's Luck Edith 1909

  • And it was impossible not to recall unhappier times 16 years earlier, when many of the same boulevards were filled with rioters upset about the outcome of a hockey game.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GARY MASON 2011

  • And it was impossible not to recall unhappier times 16 years earlier, when many of the same boulevards were filled with rioters upset about the outcome of a hockey game.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GARY MASON 2011

  • But let's face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being -- fewer positive feelings and more negative ones -- and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: Is Joyful Parenthood A Myth? Wray Herbert 2011

  • Let s face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: Is Joyful Parenthood A Myth? Wray Herbert 2011

  • Let's face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: The Myth of Joyful Parenthood: The Ultimate Cognitive Dissonance? Wray Herbert 2011

  • Let's face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: The Myth of Joyful Parenthood: The Ultimate Cognitive Dissonance? Wray Herbert 2011

  • Let's face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: Is Joyful Parenthood A Myth? Wray Herbert 2011

  • Let's face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: The Myth of Joyful Parenthood: The Ultimate Cognitive Dissonance? Wray Herbert 2011

  • Let's face the facts: Study after study has shown that parents, compared to adults without kids, experience lower emotional well-being and have unhappier marriages and suffer more from depression.

    Wray Herbert: The Myth of Joyful Parenthood: The Ultimate Cognitive Dissonance? Wray Herbert 2011

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