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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNPLEASANTRY

Un *pleas "ant *ry, n.; pl. Unpleasantries (.

1. Want of pleasantry. [R.]

2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. Thackeray.

New American Oxford Dictionary

unpleasantry

un pleas ant ry |ˌənˈplezəntrē ənˈplɛzntri | ▶noun ( pl. unpleasantries ) 1 (unpleasantries ) disagreeable matters or comments: the day-to-day unpleasantries of dealing with an alien administration. 2 dated quarreling or other disagreeable behavior: a little unpleasantry with the authorities.

Oxford Dictionary

unpleasantry

un |pleas ¦ant ¦ry |ʌnˈplɛz (ə )ntri | ▶noun ( pl. unpleasantries ) 1 (unpleasantries ) disagreeable matters or comments: why dwell on niggling little unpleasantries at a time like this? 2 [ mass noun ] dated quarrelling or other disagreeable behaviour: a little unpleasantry with the authorities.