unsatisfactoriness
- noun
- /ˌʌnˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪnəs/
- Coming to terms with these natural truths allows us to move more freely in everyday situations of unsatisfactoriness without becoming frustrated with them—in the thought of some future goal that is consequently being missed.
There has to be a way around this low grade unsatisfactoriness somehow.
- There has to be a way around this low grade unsatisfactoriness somehow.
- not feel this pervasive unsatisfactoriness. In other words,
- That's a good way of putting it, pervasive unsatisfactoriness.
Examples
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There has to be a way around this low grade unsatisfactoriness somehow.
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Pervasive unsatisfactoriness that I feel everywhere, but most intensely when I'm alone with nothing to do?
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not feel this pervasive unsatisfactoriness. In other words,
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Consequently, we come to expect the recurring unsatisfactoriness of life and learn to make our peace with it.
Academic text (1999) -
The first noble truth is, Duke, there is this unsatisfactoriness that we ordinarily can't escape from.
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He granted the unsatisfactoriness of his own account but reassured himself that the behavior of making decisions is also usually deficient.
Academic text (1995) -
I briefly thought about the unsatisfactoriness of samsara, and how there is only suffering in the endless cycle of uncontrolled rebirth.
Blog text (25) -
There was a prevailing idea that most of the difficulty, unsatisfactoriness, and disorder of philosophy was attributable to obscurity, unclearness, and consequently confusion.
Academic text (2001) -
Some authors have offered alternative translations such as "unsatisfactoriness," "disharmony," and "painfulness" (Gunaratna, 1968; Matthews, 1983).
Academic text (1990) -
Many people experience a general sense of unsatisfactoriness in their daily lives due to unmet expectations.
Synonyms
A lack of enough skill, quality, or amount to meet a need
A state in which something is not right for a particular use or situation
A state when people or rules do not allow something
The state of not being right for a use or situation
The state of not being suitable for a situation or purpose
Not suitable or right for a situation
A lack of enough quality, amount or skill for a purpose
A state when something is not good enough for rules or standards
A situation that makes success unlikely
Antonyms
How Satisfactory
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsatisfactoriness = unsatisfactory (transparent) = un + satisfactory + ness
The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'unsatisfactory', which itself is clearly 'un-' + 'satisfactory'.
Etymology
Unsatisfactoriness breaks into three parts: un- 'not', satisfy 'to please or meet needs', and -ness 'state'. So it means the 'state of not being good enough' or 'not meeting needs', which is why we use it for something inadequate or unsuitable.