dissatisfactory
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of dissatisfactory
First recorded in 1600–10; dis- 1 + satisfactory
Example Sentences
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Touching your face can be a spontaneous or even subconscious act that some research indicates can help us deal with anxiety and discomfort, or be related to negative or dissatisfactory feelings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
It fits with the preconceived notion of Brazil that it would have a potentially great program, only to hinder it with a dissatisfactory commitment to nurturing it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2016
Life has since returned to a dissatisfactory normal for most people living in public housing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2013
Yes, indeed; don't you find them coupon meals very dissatisfactory?
From The Girl with the Green Eyes A Play in Four Acts by Clyde Fitch
The principal value of Maittaire's Annales Typographici consists in a great deal of curious matter detailed in the notes; but the absence of the "lucidus ordo" renders the perusal of these fatiguing and dissatisfactory.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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