unsatisfying
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Her story captures exactly why a typical physician’s answer based on population-level evidence and statistics can feel so unsatisfying to an individual patient or worried family member.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ultimately, what this trial has revealed is just as incomplete and unsatisfying as its conclusion.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 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
District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw ruled that prosecutors’ explanations for why they had brought the charges were unsatisfying and that they had failed to prove they didn’t act vindictively in bringing the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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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