dissatisfactory
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsˈsætɪsfaktəri/
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insatisfactorio
- She found the quality of the report to be dissatisfactory and requested a revision from her team.
Examples
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Many customers expressed their dissatisfactory experiences with the product through online reviews.
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The service at the restaurant was dissatisfactory, leaving us waiting for our meals for over an hour.
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Something came about and this really is dissatisfactory.
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While this situation might be dissatisfactory for scientific research and development at first, I think that society as a whole draws at least as much benefit from a highly educated population as it does from a handful of genuinely brilliant scientists.
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Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not good in quality or below the usual standard
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1.4
Not as good as you expected or hoped
118
4.4
Not enough or not good enough to do what is needed
109
4.8
Only average in quality and not very good
50
2.8
A very small amount or poor quality
27
4.4
Not as good as the usual or required quality
17
3.9
Not good enough to be acceptable
12
4.4
Less impressive or exciting than you expect
12
3.7
Less good than you expected and leaving you disappointed
9
3.9
Not very good or likely to attract attention
1
4.8
Unpleasant to the senses, like a bitter taste or bright light
1
8.8
Not as good as expected and a bit upsetting
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9.2
An informal word used to say something is bad or low quality
Something that is very bad and unpleasant
Antonyms
How Satisfactory
Surface Forms
Morphology
dissatisfactory = satisfactory (semi-transparent) = dis + satisfy + ory
For learners who know 'satisfactory', adding the negative prefix 'dis-' gives a directly inferable meaning of 'not satisfactory'.
Etymology
The word dissatisfactory begins with dis- meaning 'not', and the rest comes from satisfy, which is linked to a word meaning 'enough'. So dissatisfactory means 'not good enough' or 'not meeting expectations'.