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dissatisfied

[ dis-sat-is-fahyd ]

adjective

  1. not satisfied or pleased; discontented.
  2. showing dissatisfaction:

    a dissatisfied look.



dissatisfied

/ dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd /

adjective

  1. having or showing dissatisfaction; discontented


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Derived Forms

  • disˈsatisˌfiedly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • dis·satis·fiedly adverb
  • dis·satis·fiedness noun
  • self-dis·satis·fied adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissatisfied1

First recorded in 1665–75; dissatisfy + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.

When he looks at the neatly compiled jigsaw puzzle of his life, however, he feels empty, deeply dissatisfied.

Dissatisfied within their respective lives, their shared goal is the search for meaning, in anything.

Meanwhile on the streets, dissatisfied Nigerians are hoisting signs reading, “Please Find Our Daughters” and “Can Anyone Hear Me?”

Others say he is deeply dissatisfied that Khartoum can no longer fulfill his financial demands for his forces.

He had, in truth, a great deal to answer for, and enough to make a livelier man than he dissatisfied and wretched.

Plato, dissatisfied with the laws of his country, wrote out a code of morals and laws which he thought much better.

She knew that Gwynne, triumphant and happy as he was, had ridden away vaguely dissatisfied.

She felt herself strong to accept the trying task of making him happy,—he, a man dissatisfied with himself.

She seems angry with Gilbert's accounts, and dissatisfied with her poor balance.

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