"unhappening" meaning in English

See unhappening in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more unhappening [comparative], most unhappening [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} unhappening (comparative more unhappening, superlative most unhappening)
  1. (India) Uneventful. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-unhappening-en-adj-P0RBnCQ0 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 18 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 19 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 16 20

Noun

Forms: unhappenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} unhappening (plural unhappenings)
  1. (rare) A happening that fails to occur; a nonevent. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-unhappening-en-noun-mYXin951

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} unhappening
  1. present participle and gerund of unhappen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: unhappen
    Sense id: en-unhappening-en-verb-sCSINU3f

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1990, Stephanie Mills, Tom Brokaw, Jeanne Carstensen, In praise of nature, page 87:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Edward Palmer Thompson, Beyond the frontier: the politics of a failed mission, Bulgaria 1944, page 43:",
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          "ref": "2022, Kumar Kanhaiya, Gold Star, page 30:",
          "text": "The next few months were dark and unhappening for Gautam.",
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