unsatisfying

/ (ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ) /

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not fulfilling or satisfactoryit was inherently unsatisfying work

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How to use unsatisfying in a sentence

In that sense, the last Report was mildly unsatisfying as a conclusion, in that it left so much unresolved.
The End of Truthiness: Stephen Colbert’s Sublime Finale|Noel Murray|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But as a model of economic fairness, or of the role of universities in social mobility, it is unsatisfying.
When Diversity Fails the Poor|Jedediah Purdy|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the long-term trend of growth—unsatisfying, sub-par, sub-optimal, and insufficient growth—is still intact.
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Poverty, violence, near fatal cancer, his punishing and unsatisfying ride through the justice system.
Gavin Arvizo’s New Beginning: Jackson Abuse Accuser Gets Married at 24|Diane Dimond|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And yet, ultimately the book is unsatisfying, because the mystery remains unexpectedly unsolved.
Will These Men Ever Come Home? The Search for Missing WWII Pilots in “Vanished”|Jordan Michael Smith|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
However interesting to them, nothing is drier and duller to us, nothing more barren and unsatisfying, than their logical sports.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V|John Lord
It was an unsatisfying explanation, revealing nothing of the detective's hidden purpose.
The Substitute Prisoner|Max Marcin
Of the Badakshan uplands south and south-east of Balkh, we have but most unsatisfying geographical record.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
The sexual theory is unsthetic and unsatisfying intellectually.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
And now is the question asked, Why is this world unsatisfying?
Sermons Preached at Brighton|Frederick W. Robertson

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