dissatisfaction
noun
the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
dissatisfactions
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pluralof dissatisfaction.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But “The Book of Ayn” is rife with dissatisfactions — to its credit — and with self-aware jokes and serious questions about self-awareness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
These interesting and extremely human but abstract dissatisfactions suffer by dint of the forced comparison to crappy conditions real people really lived with during the pandemic.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2021
The Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff points out that many of the dissatisfactions it seeks to address would be more effectively achieved by a rigorous assault on monopolies than a take-down of the free market.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2018
He added, “Perhaps my basic dissatisfactions are what motivate me.”
From New York Times ● May 19, 2017
"It would keep you in good condition," he said, "and it might broaden your vision by disclosing the aims and the dissatisfactions of those who live by the sweat of their brows."
From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth
