dissatisfaction
- noun
- /ˌdɪsætɪsˈfækʃən/
- Many employees expressed their dissatisfaction with the new policies during the meeting.
- expressed dissatisfaction
- job dissatisfaction
- widespread dissatisfaction
Are you creating some kind of dissatisfaction by telling yourself a story?
- Are you creating some kind of dissatisfaction by telling yourself a story?
- Life is kind of being wedded to this chronic dissatisfaction.
- You want people that didn't take from others because that caused someone dissatisfaction.
- She doesn't tell him it's a problem, she doesn't express any dissatisfaction.
- How do you link their anger and their dissatisfaction with their lives to that of other marginalized groups?
- So the very characteristics of enlightenment produce its own dissatisfaction.
- Like if you're feeling a deep sense of dissatisfaction in your life, surrendering and saying, I need help, I don't know the answer.
- He, you know, reformed the laws of Athens to the dissatisfaction of both the rich and the many, which is probably a sign that he did it the right way.
Examples
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There really is this dissatisfaction, this lack of contentment.
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A lot of the customer dissatisfaction comes from this kind of stuff, right?
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Are you creating some kind of dissatisfaction by telling yourself a story?
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It's also the dissatisfaction that you end up feeling yourself.
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Maybe I use this word, but it shows you grave dissatisfaction with the current situation.
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There, and only there, can the support or dissatisfaction of my people be measured.
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Ambition, pride, dissatisfaction at a life turned just the wrong way.
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For an even greater number of young people, dissatisfaction takes a subtler form.
Academic text (1991) -
A frank discussion of educational philosophy may help avoid dissatisfaction and frustration later.
Academic text (1991) -
Early studies in this area suggested a general level of dissatisfaction among practicing school psychologists.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
A feeling of sadness or being let down when something you wanted does not happen
A feeling of not being satisfied with the present situation
A feeling of sadness or not feeling satisfied with life
A feeling of being annoyed or not happy about something
A feeling of disappointment when something is not as good as you expected
A feeling of disappointment when something is not as good as you hoped
A feeling of unhappiness about a situation and wanting something better
A feeling of being unhappy and annoyed about something
A feeling of being unhappy with a situation and wanting change
A feeling of not being satisfied with your life or work
Antonyms
How Dissatisfied
Surface Forms
Morphology
dissatisfaction = satisfaction (transparent) = dis + satisfy + ion
The meaning is directly derived from 'satisfaction' with the negative prefix 'dis-' meaning lack of or absence of satisfaction.
Etymology
Dissatisfaction breaks into dis- and satisfaction, where dis- means 'not' (as in disagree) and satisfaction is the feeling when something is 'enough' or makes you 'pleased'. So dissatisfaction is the feeling of not being pleased or not having enough, which is why it means being unhappy with something.