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dissatisfaction

[dis-sat-is-fak-shuhn, dis-sat-] / ˌdɪs sæt ɪsˈfæk ʃən, dɪsˌsæt- /


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"The impact on the American consumer has gone up tremendously," he said, adding that there was growing dissatisfaction in the rural, normally Republican area of Virginia where he lives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

"There is deep economic dissatisfaction and distress, which has translated into a lack of hope about the future," Aiyar says.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

MPs launched their inquiry into student loans in England amid "widespread dissatisfaction" over repayment terms.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old Democratic socialist, capitalized on the state’s leftward turn and voter dissatisfaction with incumbents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

What was happening in Durham was part of a nationwide process of increasing dissatisfaction with the status quo and a growing willingness to do something about it.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

But “The Book of Ayn” is rife with dissatisfactions — to its credit — and with self-aware jokes and serious questions about self-awareness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

I can’t tell if I still feel something toward him or if he’s just an easy target to project my dissatisfactions onto.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021

The Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff points out that many of the dissatisfactions it seeks to address would be more effectively achieved by a rigorous assault on monopolies than a take-down of the free market.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2018

He added, “Perhaps my basic dissatisfactions are what motivate me.”

From New York Times ● May 19, 2017

Professor Clark finds the final hour of social labor-pain to be a compound, the sum of the final hour's dissatisfactions of all the laborers.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson




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