unsatisfactorily
Example Sentences
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The problem with wars is that when they don’t go as you planned, you have an ugly choice—end them unsatisfactorily or wade in deeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“The ARB did not find any U.S. government employee engaged in misconduct or performed unsatisfactorily in a way that contributed to these incidents,” the fact sheet said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2021
Though a crowd favorite, it was also a "trick" by which a seemingly unresolvable story was unsatisfactorily resolved.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2020
Even worse, at only a measly eight episodes for the first season, it’s barely a binge watch for the potential fan with plenty of subplots unsatisfactorily still percolating.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2018
It was put in rehearsal by Mlle Mars, but so unsatisfactorily that Dumas transferred it to Bocage and Mme Dorval, who played it magnificently at the Porte Saint-Martin theatre on the 3rd of May 1831.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
