unsatisfying
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ/
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insatisfactorio
- However dull and unsatisfying, the absence of catastrophe was a considerable achievement.
- unsatisfying answer
- unsatisfying situation
- unsatisfying relationship
So it's an unsatisfying book in in many respects.
- So it's an unsatisfying book in in many respects.
- Well, I'm going to give an unsatisfying answer, but I think it's the true answer.
- There's a very good chance he just lets you go, that this has a really unsatisfying ending on that level.
- And everything else seems kind of intangible and unsatisfying.
- It can make work tremendously stressful, anxiety provoking, unsatisfying, and lead you to lose any pleasure you get from work.
- It's very unsatisfying if they get away with something and don't have to pay an appropriate price for what they did.
- And that is why these relationships are so unsatisfying, even when we feel like we finally got to a point in our life where we took our power back.
- And then the last one is make it unsatisfying, OK.
- To that woman is now become a chore, unsatisfying burden of a chore.
- And I know that feels really unsatisfying.
Examples
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So it's an unsatisfying book in in many respects.
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So although this answer is a little bit unsatisfying, at least it is the truth.
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This is the most unsatisfying tie in history.
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My home life... is unsatisfying.
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After World War II, that world became increasingly unsatisfying to the subsequent generation.
Academic text (2002) -
Many observers find this line of thinking to be unsatisfying.
Academic text (2014) -
It's very unsatisfying if they get away with something and don't have to pay an appropriate price for what they did.
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I also saw how tortured she was and felt sad that she was in an unsatisfying, exploitative relationship.
Academic text (2007) -
When we finally talked, I found her responses cryptic and unsatisfying.
Academic text (2010) -
The ending of the movie was so unsatisfying that many viewers left the theater disappointed.
Synonyms
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1.4
Not as good as you expected or hoped
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3.9
Not good enough to be acceptable
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4.4
Less impressive or exciting than you expect
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5.5
Something that does not make you feel satisfied or successful
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4.8
Does not make you feel satisfied or successful
Not as good as expected or needed
Not giving pleasure or reward
Antonyms
How Satisfying
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsatisfying = satisfying (transparent) = un + satisfy + ing
Formed by productive negation 'un-' added to the adjective 'satisfying', yielding the opposite meaning.
Etymology
The word unsatisfying is made from the prefix un- 'not' and satisfy, which comes from the Latin root satis 'enough'. So unsatisfying describes something that does not give you 'enough' pleasure or meet your expectations.