unhappiness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNHAP'PINESS, noun 1. Misfortune; ill luck. 2. Infelicity; misery. It is our great unhappiness when any calamities fall upon us, that we are uneasy and dissatisfied. [But it usually expresses less than misery or wretchedness.] 3. Mischievous prank. [Not in use.]
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