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English
Etymology
From unpleasant + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
unpleasantness (usually uncountable, plural unpleasantnesses)
- (uncountable) The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable.
- (countable) An unpleasant behaviour, occurrence, etc.
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Mansfield Park: , volume I, London: T 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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Translations
The property of being unpleasant or disagreeable