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unsatisfactory

[uhn-sat-is-fak-tuh-ree] / ˌʌn sæt ɪsˈfæk tə ri /


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"Unsatisfactory" is the ICC's second lowest ranking for a pitch.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Chancellor Proposes Plan to Remove Unassigned and Unsatisfactory Teachers What do you think of Chancellor Walcott's plan to buy out unsatisfactory teachers?

From New York Times • May 21, 2012

Unsatisfactory and untidy as that ending was, it stemmed from a growing conviction in Washington that the impending courts-martial of the Berets would have been even messier.

From Time Magazine Archive

He ticked them off: "Unsatisfactory raw material supplies." "no more labor reserves," "failure to achieve a continuous supply of consumer goods."

From Time Magazine Archive

The worst report card I’d ever gotten from Mountford Prep had three U’s for Unsatisfactory, and I threw that one down the garbage chute.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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