unpleased

/ʌnplˈizd/ adj

Not pleased; displeased.

Word Origin Pleased comes from Latin 'placere' (to please, to be acceptable). Unpleased simply means not pleased. The root 'placere' gives us 'pleasant,' 'pleasure,' 'complacent' (pleased with oneself), and 'implacable' (not able to be pleased). The PIE root *plāk- 'to be flat, calm' shows how pleasing is calming.

adj Not pleased; displeased.

The manager was unpleased with the team's lack of progress.

(形容词) 不满的;不高兴的

经理对团队缺乏进展感到不满。

(adjetivo) no complacido; disgustado

El gerente estaba disgustado con la falta de progreso del equipo.

(adjectif) mécontent; insatisfait; contrarié; dépité [Qui n'est pas satisfait ; mécontent.]

Le manager était unpleased du manque de progrès de l'équipe.

(Adjektiv) unzufrieden; missvergnügt [Nicht zufrieden oder erfreut; mit etwas unzufrieden sein.]

Der Manager war **unpleased** über den mangelnden Fortschritt des Teams.

(形容詞) 満足していない。不満を感じている。

マネージャーはチームの前進が見られないことに不満だった。

(adjetivo) descontente; insatisfeito; desagradado [Não satisfeito; descontente.]

O gerente estava descontente com a falta de progresso da equipe.

Word parts: un + please + ed

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