ungood

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) +‎ good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈɡʊd/ ==== Adjective ==== ungood (comparative ungooder or more ungood, superlative ungoodest or most ungood) Not good; bad. (in the plural) Those who are not good; the wicked, evil, or bad. ===== Usage notes ===== Although the intensified word used in Orwell's Newspeak is plus-ungood, this is not used in English. The base term (positive) is significantly rarer than the most intensified term double-plus-ungood. The prescribed comparative and superlative forms in Newspeak are ungooder and ungoodest (George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, "Appendix: The Principles of Newspeak"). ===== Synonyms ===== bad ===== Antonyms ===== good double-plus-good (Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four) ===== Derived terms ===== double-plus-ungood (Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ungod (“evil”), equivalent to un- (“lack of”) +‎ good (noun). Cognate with German Low German Ungood (“bad, evil”), German Ungüte (“ungood”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌnˌɡʊd/ ==== Noun ==== ungood (uncountable) (rare) Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad === Anagrams === goodun, goondu