as in unacceptable
falling short of a standard
this report is completely dissatisfactory on several counts
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Recent Examples of dissatisfactory
This creates a dissatisfactory customer experience for the 90% of people stopped who actually paid for their items.
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Guy Yehiav, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Life Decisions Can Change Decisions taken in the shadow of childhood experiences may result in dissatisfactory lives.
—Fatih Elibol, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
Set primarily in the South, Plattner’s vignettes provide intimate glimpses into a series of singular events that, when strung together, paint a larger picture of the melancholic and frequently dissatisfactory state of existing in the modern world.
—Leah Tyler, ajc, 30 May 2022
In ThedaCare’s case, an attorney described dissatisfactory management and positions in which employees had been chronically underpaid.
—Molly Osberg, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
Inter Miami fell to CF Montreal 2-0 in their third game at DRV PNK Stadium this season thanks to a first-half performance coach Phil Neville said was dissatisfactory.
—Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021
Guy Yehiav, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Life Decisions Can Change Decisions taken in the shadow of childhood experiences may result in dissatisfactory lives.
—Fatih Elibol, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
Set primarily in the South, Plattner’s vignettes provide intimate glimpses into a series of singular events that, when strung together, paint a larger picture of the melancholic and frequently dissatisfactory state of existing in the modern world.
—Leah Tyler, ajc, 30 May 2022
In ThedaCare’s case, an attorney described dissatisfactory management and positions in which employees had been chronically underpaid.
—Molly Osberg, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
Inter Miami fell to CF Montreal 2-0 in their third game at DRV PNK Stadium this season thanks to a first-half performance coach Phil Neville said was dissatisfactory.
—Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissatisfactory
Adjective
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And sometimes the soldiers can do things which are totally unacceptable and can be called crimes.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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Shamkhani underscored that the absence of sanctions relief rendered the U.S. plan unacceptable.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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And then what happens when taxpayers are given the wrong answer?—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Those looking for salacious and headline-grabbing score-settling, however, have come to entirely the wrong place.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Massive clouds of pollutants could collide in North Carolina this week and result in poor air quality conditions for millions.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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This lack of preparation yields poor communication that worsens difficult situations and burns bridges between companies and fired employees.—
Nicole Tidei,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and previously warned of much worse to come unless Iran quickly accepts the sharp downgrading of its nuclear program the U.S. has demanded in talks that had been due to resume on June 15.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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Bane is a 41 percent career 3-point shooter who, in his five prior seasons, never shot worse than 38.1 percent from deep in a season.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Night trains generally were also found to be deficient in bicycle storage space.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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This Sun team is simply deficient on both ends of the floor and ranks last in points, rebounds and assists per game.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Conventional assumptions held that Israel will refrain from any action until those negotiations either failed altogether or concluded in unsatisfactory fashion—and that, if a deal with the Islamic Republic was struck, no Israeli military action would be forthcoming at all.—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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If the answers to these questions are unsatisfactory, your readiness is in question.—
Vivek Ahuja,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Though Rivera was strong on balance beam and floor, posting the highest mark on beam and the third-best on floor, a disastrous bar routine took the Olympian out of the gold medal race.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Following a disastrous May 6 outing in which Pressly surrendered nine runs, eight earned, without recording an out in the 11th inning against the San Francisco Giants, manager Craig Counsell pulled Pressly from the closer’s role.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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“Dissatisfactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissatisfactory. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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