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The phrase "a less happy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of being that is not as happy as another state or comparison.
Example: "After the news, she felt a less happy version of herself, struggling to find joy in her daily activities."
Alternatives: "not as happy" or "a more subdued happiness".
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Did you consider a less happy ending?
It's also good for a less happy reason however.
With greater scrutiny, then, this demographic trend represents a less happy reality.
But Portuguese ports are a less happy blend of private and public control.
It was a less happy kind of accident that spurred "IRM" in the first place.
(Kerr's father, you discover, once kept a seal in similar circumstances, with a less happy denouement).
"Since I've become a writer, I've become a less happy person".
The world is a less happy place than it was yesterday.
But when the financial tide began to recede in late 1988,& Shearson's earnings flattened, they became a less happy conjugation.
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His Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740, with a less-happy sequel in 1741), using (like all Richardson's novels) the epistolary form, tells a story of an employer's attempted seduction of a young servant woman, her subsequent victimization, and her eventual reward in virtuous marriage with the penitent exploiter.
"Ever since then, he's been a little less happy, a slightly darker person".
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