Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not pleased; displeased.

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  • adjective Not pleased; displeased.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ pleased

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Examples

  • In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

  • In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

  • "The result is all the parties are equally pleased, or equally unpleased I should say, which is the right result after a real negotiation."

    Trump Cuts Doral Bid Patrick Fitzgerald 2011

  • I am not condescending, I was unpleased at someone who pretends to have science on his side and make such impulsive statements as to what I say or not say without even checking ...

    NASA ESAS Study Appendices Show up on Pay-Per Use Site - NASA Watch 2009

  • In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

  • Cleveland fans react in some violent ways when they are unpleased with their sports (beer bottles at Browns stadium rings a bell).

    Five Things That Will Happen in Cleveland IF Lebron James Leaves | myFiveBest 2010

  • In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

  • In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

  • Gretchen looks truly unpleased that someone other than herself won and tells the camera he's a replicator, not a visionary.

    Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 4, "Hats Off To You" 2010

  • Ms. DAVIS: There are those - in our community, of course, we had the religious tenets - that this something that God has done, you know, because he was unpleased?

    Low-Income Minorities With Disabilities See Services Disparity 2010

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