unsatisfying

/ ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ /

adjective

1. not fulfilling or satisfactory

   it was inherently unsatisfying work

Example Sentences

The final act avoids sports-movie clichés, which is another way of saying that things simply fizzle out unsatisfyingly.

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Also unsatisfying are some purely plot-driven scenes, such as a sequence in which Joe rescues the artist Salvador Dalí from a deep-sea diver costume.

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If I’d made ‘Faith 2,’ it would have been unsatisfying for me.”

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The simple reality, as unsatisfying as this may be to nearly all factions of the party, is that they have to figure out how to win elections on maps designed by their opponents.

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The only answer, Thurmond said, is an unsatisfying one: “We don’t know.”

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