different between ungood vs nongood

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ungod, from Old English ung?d, 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): /??n???d/

Adjective

ungood (comparative more ungood, superlative most ungood)

1. Not good; bad
2. (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)

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): /??n???d/

Noun

ungood (uncountable)

1. (rare) Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad

Anagrams

• goodun

English

Etymology

non- +? good

Adjective

nongood (not comparable)

1. (chiefly philosophy) Not good.