नापसंद (naapsand)
adjective
A single-sense word meaning 'disliked' or 'displeasing' -- built from ना (naa, 'not/no') plus पसंद (pasand, 'liked'), the negative mirror of पसंद (pasand).
Sense
1
:
disliked, distasteful
adjective Used with होना (honaa) or आना (aanaa) in a dative-subject frame: मुझे यह नापसंद है (mujhe yah naapsand hai, 'I dislike this') or मुझे यह नापसंद आया (mujhe yah naapsand aayaa, 'I disliked this / this struck me as displeasing').
Synonyms: अप्रिय (apriy, formal), नफ़रत भरा (nafrat bharaa, stronger)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Think of नापसंद (naapsand) as the more 'stated' cousin of the everyday negation पसंद नहीं (pasand nahiin) -- both mean 'don't like', but नापसंद (naapsand) shows up more in slightly formal contexts, like a boss explaining why a proposal was rejected, or a review calling a plan 'नापसंद' (naapsand). At the dinner table, most Delhi households will just say मुझे यह पसंद नहीं (mujhe yah pasand nahiin) rather than reach for this word.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make नापसंद (naapsand) agree in gender/number like a regular adjective, but it stays invariant regardless of what it describes, much like पसंद (pasand). 2) It's tempting to negate पसंद (pasand) with नहीं (nahiin) instead -- मुझे यह पसंद नहीं है (mujhe yah pasand nahiin hai) is far more common in casual speech than reaching for नापसंद (naapsand), which can sound a touch more deliberate or formal.
Sample Sentences:
मुझे उसका व्यवहार नापसंद है।
I dislike his behavior.
(mujhe uskaa vyavahaar naapsand hai।)
बोर्ड को यह प्रस्ताव नापसंद था।
The board disliked this proposal.
(bord ko yah prastaav naapsand thaa।)
समीक्षक को फ़िल्म का अंत नापसंद आया।
The critic found the film's ending distasteful.
(samiikshak ko film kaa ant naapsand aayaa।)
अगर योजना नापसंद हो, तो कृपया कारण बताइए।
If the plan is disliked, please state the reason.
(agar yojnaa naapsand ho, to kripyaa kaaran bataaie।)
प्रबंधन को यह विचार नापसंद रहा है।
The management has disliked this idea.
(prabandhan ko yah vichaar naapsand rahaa hai।)
यह नीति जनता को नापसंद होगी।
This policy will be disliked by the public.
(yah niiti jantaa ko naapsand hogii।)
अगर उसे यह जगह नापसंद होती, तो वह यहाँ नौकरी न लेता।
If he had disliked this place, he wouldn't have taken a job here.
(agar use yah jagah naapsand hotii, to vah yahaan naukrii n letaa।)
समिति द्वारा यह सुझाव नापसंद किया गया।
This suggestion was disliked by the committee.
(samiti dvaaraa yah sujhaav naapsand kiyaa gayaa।)
आलोचकों को उसकी नई किताब नापसंद है।
The critics dislike his new book.
(aalochkon ko uskii naii kitaab naapsand hai।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
नापसंद
(naapsand)