unpleasantness
Example Sentences
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Carol meets the other people who are immune to what is known as “the Joining” and finds out, hilariously, that her unpleasantness isn’t welcome among them either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
And the feeling of unpleasantness in San Francisco about human misery—people who are having some real hard, difficult times living so close to people who are making fortunes that are unbelievable—that hasn’t changed.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
Those who fall ill can still suffer from the unpleasantness of being acutely sick for weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Eileen’s unpleasantness is also her appeal; this girl certainly is no boss, she’s incapable of rousing speeches, and she’s never going to mutate into a heroine.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
If they accept certain statements and then are shown that some other unpleasant statements follow from them, they associate the unpleasantness of the conclusions with the vehicle of their expression.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
