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unpleasantness

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Etymology tree
English unpleasant
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h2
Proto-Indo-European *-éh2
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English unpleasantness

    From unpleasant + -ness .

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    Noun

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    unpleasantness (usually uncountable , plural unpleasantnesses )

    1. (uncountable ) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
      • 2023 July 4, Marina Hyde, "Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone?", in The Guardian ‎[1] :
        Given the behaviour of the members, who do normally come to Lord’s, this seemed a bizarre attempt to offload the unpleasantness on hoi polloi taking advantage of some rare 25ドル tickets.
    2. (countable ) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
      • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Mansfield Park: [...] , volume I, London: [...] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, [...], →OCLC, page 322:
        Perhaps you are not so much aware as I am, of the mischief that may, of the unpleasantnesses that must, arise from a young man’s being received in this manner—domesticated among us—authorized to come at all hours—and placed suddenly on a footing which must do away all restraints.

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    The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable

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