If you are unhappy about something, you are not pleased about it or not satisfied with it. He has been unhappy with his son's political leanings I suspect he isn't altogether unhappy about my absence A lot of Republicans are unhappy that the government isn't doing more. + unhappiness un·hap·pi·ness He has, by submitting his resignation, signalled his unhappiness with the government's decision
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
An unhappy situation or choice is not satisfactory or desirable. this unhappy chapter in the history of relations between our two countries unhappy experiences of writing for television
If you are unhappy, you are sad and depressed. Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man = miserable happy + unhappily un·hap·pi·ly `I don't have your imagination,' King said unhappily. an unhappily married woman. + unhappiness un·hap·pi·ness There was a lot of unhappiness in my adolescence