how to pronounce unpleasant

/ənˈplɛzənt/

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unpleasant is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of unpleasant in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but as unpleasant as it may be taxes are …”

meanings of unpleasant

adjective:

Not pleasant.

unpleasant frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word unpleasant occurs in english on average 9.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unpleasant can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unpleasant can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;