unpleased
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a word derived from
please.
pleaseadverb(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.
Example Sentences
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“I’m definitely very unpleased with the way I’m playing,” said Agassi, the No. 3 seed, after the embarrassing loss.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2013
But then we read on to a "cheap glaze," and we become unpleased in a hurry!
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Another floating tree-trunk for Waldo!" he cried, with a short laugh, feeling far from unpleased that the intense strain upon his nerves should be thus lessened.
From The Lost City by Jos. E. (Joseph Edward) Badger
The South was not unpleased, as was indicated by the speed with which men presented themselves for pardon and assisted in setting up new state governments.
From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley
The girl stood still a moment, and glanced at Seaforth, whom she could not recollect having seen before, with something that suggested not altogether unpleased surprise in her face.
From Alton of Somasco by Harold Bindloss