Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not pleasurable; not giving pleasure.
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- adjective that gives
displeasure
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Examples
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Unsuccessful, unpleasurable or abortive sex does not qualify per se; nor does kinky, brutal or unwanted sex, however unpalatable that may be.
Isabel Kaplan: How (Not) to Write a Sex Scene Isabel Kaplan 2011
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Unsuccessful, unpleasurable or abortive sex does not qualify per se; nor does kinky, brutal or unwanted sex, however unpalatable that may be.
Isabel Kaplan: How (Not) to Write a Sex Scene Isabel Kaplan 2011
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Unsuccessful, unpleasurable or abortive sex does not qualify per se; nor does kinky, brutal or unwanted sex, however unpalatable that may be.
Isabel Kaplan: How (Not) to Write a Sex Scene Isabel Kaplan 2011
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In death, the farther one flees from the light the further one is steeped in error, and hence the harder it will be for one to realize what is necessary in order to save oneself (i.e., extricate oneself from the unpleasurable predicament).
The Varieties of Crackpot Experience Sean 2009
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In death, the farther one flees from the light the further one is steeped in error, and hence the harder it will be for one to realize what is necessary in order to save oneself (i.e., extricate oneself from the unpleasurable predicament).
The Varieties of Crackpot Experience Sean 2009
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Otherwise pleasurable itself becomes a material thing and then the question remains, why are we trying to avoid the unpleasurable or increase the pleasurable?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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In other cases, the effects are very, very unpleasurable.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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In other cases, the effects are very, very unpleasurable.
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In fact, it has become unpleasurable for me to read many comics because of how Watchmen and Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns are imitated without attribution over and over and over again.
Q&A;: John Hodgman on Perfecting the Illusion of Expertise Adam Rogers 2008
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But pleasurable (or unpleasurable) then becomes a non-material thing.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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