dissatisfy

[ dis-sat-is-fahy ]

/ dɪsˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), dis·sat·is·fied, dis·sat·is·fy·ing.

to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.

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Origin of dissatisfy

First recorded in 1660–70; dis-¹ + satisfy

Words nearby dissatisfy

disrupture, diss, dissatisfaction, dissatisfactory, dissatisfied, dissatisfy, dissave, disseat, dissect, dissected, dissection

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How to use dissatisfy in a sentence

In 2010, scientists dissatisfied with DSM’s often fuzzy, symptom-based definitions of mental disorders rebelled and tried to define mental conditions based on brain and behavioral measures.
Psychology has struggled for a century to make sense of the mind|Bruce Bower|August 11, 2021|Science News
They always embarrass those who give them, and dissatisfy those who receive them.
Reflections|Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
To an Arab Sheik, loudest in importunity, he said: "What has happened since yesterday to dissatisfy thee with life?"
The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace
Peter, very soon after our engagement you began to dissatisfy me because I realized that I should never satisfy you.
The Dull Miss Archinard|Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Mr. Pope had reason to be dissatisfy'd with the O in the second Line, and to reject it; for Homer has nothing of it.
Letters Concerning Poetical Translations|William Benson
The alarming way that each one did not throw away what was taken away did not dissatisfy every one.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein

British Dictionary definitions for dissatisfy

dissatisfy

/ (dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to fail to satisfy; disappoint

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