dissatisfactoryadj.
/dᵻ(s)ˌsatᵻsˈfakt(ə)ri/, /ˌdɪsatᵻsˈfakt(ə)ri/, U.S. /dɪ(s)ˌsædəsˈfæktəri/ Not satisfactory; causing dissatisfaction or discontent; unsatisfactory; ‘unable to give content’ (Johnson).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] > causing discontent or unsatisfactory
unacceptable1483
discontentive1578
inacceptable1578
discontenting1579
discontentful1604
dissatisfactoryc1610
undigestable1612
ungratifying1695
dissatisfying1709
unsatisfactory1843
crook1898
zilch1958
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 109 Things which..were dissatisfactory to her Subjects.
1779 T. Jefferson Let. 8 June in Papers (1950) II. 288 Their conduct..has been so dissatisfactory to the French minister that [etc.].
1846 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 96 I don't know anything more dissatisfactory and absurd.
Derivatives
dissatisˈfactoriness n. the quality or condition of being dissatisfactory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] > unsatisfactory quality or thing
bad satisfaction1607
unacceptableness1648
dissatisfactoriness1677
dissatisfaction1702
unacceptability1852
inacceptability1857
1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 5 The shortness and uncertainty of sensible Enjoyments..their Poorness, Emptiness, Insufficiency, Dissatisfactoriness.
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