Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disagreeable; giving or imparting no pleasure.
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Examples
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Hopefully it is a very large and enjoyable meal, one now without the very displeasurable taste of a work stoppage and one that can last for quite a while.
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Hopefully it is a very large and enjoyable meal, one now without the very displeasurable taste of a work stoppage and one that can last for quite a while.
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Sometimessomeone's saunter became displeasurable with a foot fault on pet droppings inMaloneTownPark, a recreational area where man attempted to exist harmoniously with his own kind, a difficult proposition in any clime, place or time.
Animal Park (Part I) 2010
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What is wrong with pain is just that we find it displeasurable.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Dualism: We are trying to reduce pain and sadness because we find these physical states displeasurable, and increase happiness because we find it pleasurable.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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It is quite obvious that a person would evolve to feel pain and find it displeasurable since it is quite useful to avoid the things that cause pain.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The originator of EAM isn't a physicist (just a smart, if displeasurable person).
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And I will tell you this, that is my privilege to have worked with these people on this case, as displeasurable, if you will, that it was.
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And I will tell you this, that is my privilege to have worked with these people on this case, as displeasurable, if you will, that it was.
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"So intensely displeasurable is the album that you may end up loving it, and director Julian Schnabel is smart enough to stay out of the way of the music."
GreenCine Daily 2009
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