unsatisfying
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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That’s the unsatisfying but wise lesson of “Sidewalk Nation”: It comes down to culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
He said the one particular plot point "is revived and resolved in a very spurious and unsatisfying way", adding that "IP exhaustion has set in" on the franchise.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Remember the unsatisfying finale to “The Sopranos”? Swelling crescendo ... then abrupt cut to black?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
This addition is not derived naturally from the theory itself, which has long made it an unsatisfying solution.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
Following a brief and unsatisfying flirtation with lemon-tainted water, I finally settled on tea, which is something I’d never placed beside coffee in terms of things that will keep you awake.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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