double-plus-ungood

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double-plus-ungood

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Coined by George Orwell (as doubleplusungood) in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

adjective doubleplusungood · double-plus ungood · double plus ungood · ++ungood

not comparable Terrible, very bad. There's only one problem. Files converted from Word Perfect to Q&A format don't work with Q&A. Q&A thinks it has read in the file, but then the whole mess blows up. Ungood. Double plus ungood.
Opposite: double-plus-good

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"double-plus-ungood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/double-plus-ungood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{double_plus_ungood_2026,
  title = {double-plus-ungood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/double-plus-ungood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}