unhappy
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Not all customers who contacted us are unhappy about the AI revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But again, I think that working at all those different shows that weren’t that good, and certainly were unhappy, each one taught something else.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Baser told BBC Scotland News she was "super sad" to learn that some people were unhappy with her Youth Beatz performance.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
As Meta spends billions annually to build out its AI capabilities, employees at Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are increasingly unhappy with their Mark Zuckerberg-led parent company.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Sam's daddy looked so unhappy that Sam reached over and stroked his arm to let him know that he loved him, even if he did smoke a pipe.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
A 2010 Brookings Institution paper found people were unhappier on days when gasoline rose above $3.50 and $4.00 a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
"It should really shock our collective conscience… It will haunt us. We are seeing things happening that will make the world an unhappier place far beyond the region."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025
Not only does this “maximizer” mentality lead to more hoarding, it can also make you unhappier.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
He is played in his 30s and 40s by Jack Lowden and as an older, unhappier man by Peter Capaldi, whose resemblance to late photographs of Sassoon is uncanny.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
We have fallen upon a plantation downriver with infinitely less gentility and infinitely unhappier issue.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
“You are only as happy as your unhappiest child, and me? I have so many.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
At the other end of the scale, countries with the unhappiest populations were Afghanistan and Lebanon across age groups.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
Their new paper, which they describe as an “adversarial collaboration,” did find a plateau, but only among the unhappiest 20% of people, and only then when they start earning over $100,000.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
“He goes, ‘There he is,’” Mr. Caparulo said, “‘the unhappiest millionaire.’”
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
“Akh! Doktor, send me now to a world without her. I am the unhappiest of men.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
