dissatisfy

Success is, eventually, actually reading your unread books, or at least holding on to them long enough that they have the chance to satisfy, dissatisfy or dement you.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2019

The more time it takes to do something, the higher your labor costs, and the more potential there is to dissatisfy the customer.

From Inc ● Oct. 22, 2012

This workplace is an instance of individuals caught in the grip of unproductive systems, that systematically dispirit the staff, dissatisfy the clients and make the firm less productive than it could be.

From Forbes ● Jun. 23, 2011

But any compromise will be unusually difficult, because the issue seems an all-or-nothing question; simply reducing the funds would dissatisfy everyone.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't know why or wherefore, but I appeared to run in his mind perpetually, and to dissatisfy him very much.

From American Notes by Charles Dickens

In an effort to persuade voters who are dissatisfied with the status quo, Hilton bought a full-page ad in the Wednesday editions of the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

It would also make the justices safer in the long run from a public increasingly dissatisfied with their arbitrary secrecy.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Yet the British, like Americans, remain deeply dissatisfied with the economy, inflation and incomes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Although the inquiry was public, some families said they were dissatisfied with it as it did not review all patient files.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

The fossil evidence could be consistent with the idea of a Great Designer; perhaps some species are destroyed when the Designer becomes dissatisfied with them, and new experiments are attempted on an improved design.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

But that won’t keep low job growth from feeling dissatisfying for many Americans, and challenging for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Anna’s narrative drift takes her to Athens, leading to an ending some may find perfectly natural and others dissatisfying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Even if A.I. could make changes to movies and books that you personally find dissatisfying, part of those works’ value lies in the shared conversations they inspire—conversations that require opinions about common, historically situated texts.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2023

Jaakko can’t help referencing “Fargo” even as he’s being threatened, but rather than follow that cue and dial up the whimsy, the plot eventually thins out into dissatisfying contrivances.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

So Pen's tasks had come to be very irksome to him, and his mode of life very dissatisfying.

From The Flag by Homer Greene