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

The more I know you, the more I dissatisfy and must dissatisfy all my wonted companions.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

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

Merz's poll ratings have plummeted -- a survey this week by Forsa showed only 14 percent were satisfied with him, against 84 percent who were dissatisfied.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Once she had him, which was very soon, she managed always to seem slightly dissatisfied.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

But the transition was tough, and he found single life dissatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

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

However, if ending the season on Rhaenyra's rageful visage felt dissatisfying, that could be because we're accustomed to moments like this being penultimate episode plot material.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2022

Was it true that life was so dissatisfying?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various