unsatisfied
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
An "unsatisfied" record can include cases where a debtor is paying off what they owe in instalments.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
And Barrett was unsatisfied with this, because Wang didn’t really elaborate a theory about it.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
When he’s not strong-arming unsuspecting customers into hidden upcharges for their cars, he’s trying to gain some control in his meager, unsatisfied life.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
He remained unsatisfied with the agency’s intelligence on Iraq’s use of terrorism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
She looked at Bernard with an expression of rapture, but of rapture in which there was no trace of agitation or excitement—for to be excited is still to be unsatisfied.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
