unsatisfactory
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Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
International Cricket Council referee Jeff Crowe is yet to deliver his assessment of the pitch, which if handed an "unsatisfactory" rating would see the venue slapped with a demerit point.
From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025
If, like my wife, you find that frustrating and unsatisfactory, the brand-name medical center offers you a pile of word jerky to chew on while you get your checkbook out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
When he was handed the ball on the second day, his career bowling average stood at an unsatisfactory 37.63.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
She offered, as her part of the project, her willingness to lead, with our three children, the unsatisfactory family life of a household deprived of husband and father.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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