Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhappening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hap-pen-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of unhappen

noun

A happening that fails to occur; a nonevent.

adj

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"The stage was set for the Greening of America, but by lunchtime of the first day, the meeting had dissolved into an unhappening, as shouting matches broke out among deep ecologists, feminists, animal liberationists, anarchists..."
"British aid to Bulgarian partisans was defined, by silence, as a non-event, an unhappening. No official statement acknowledging this aid has ever been made."
"Next day, it was time for us to leave and believe me, the return journey was the most unhappening journey I had experienced in my entire life. […] The entire 45 minutes of the journey were devoted in looking towards my QUEEN, only to get a reaction."
"The next few months were dark and unhappening for Gautam."

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

unhappenings (plural) more unhappening (comparative) most unhappening (superlative)

Questions

What does unhappening mean?: present participle and gerund of unhappen

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