unpleasantry
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Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some fired federal workers are running into the unexpected unpleasantry of relatives cheering their job loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
The brilliance of “Stranger Things 4” is that rather than gloss over the unpleasantry, it leans hard into their clumsy, painful transition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
I still believe the deal will get done with the Seahawks, and this absence is an unpleasantry that will be quickly forgotten.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
An old quarrel—some unpleasantry between the two families—some feeling of bitterness on the part of Sir Murray Gernon, who, with his daughter, had been resident in Italy for some twenty years.
From The Sapphire Cross by George Manville Fenn
“You came down unasked; your presence is likely to cause unpleasantry; trust me that you shall have justice done, so please to go.”
From The Mynns' Mystery by George Manville Fenn
"These difficulties are just unpleasantries," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now 30 years old, Yatra finds himself at a peaceful center, profoundly taking in the world’s beauty and its unpleasantries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
She said she believed it would set a precedent which would allow the "most vulnerable individuals" to seek justice without having to endure "the unpleasantries of a trial".
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023
Reporting to work has always meant accepting a variety of unpleasantries: commutes, precoffee chitchat, people who would like you to do what they tell you to do even if it’s not yet 10 a.m.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
Grown humans try so hard to shield themselves from the unpleasantries of life.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
