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n. - The quality of giving displeasure; The feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli.

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  • The recent unpleasantness of the weather
  • In face-to-face interactions, given a certain level of unpleasantness, I do think that, in general, people ought stand up for the person the unpleasantness is...
  • Is it possible that her unpleasantness is a result of people having been ugly to her all her life?
  • In another fifty years we may be able to remember the flag’s primary meaning once that recent unpleasantness is settled.
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