dissatisfaction

Loneliness, by contrast, describes a person's subjective dissatisfaction with the quality of their relationships, regardless of how many social interactions they actually have.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Social isolation is an objective measure of the quantity of social connection in behavior, while loneliness is a subjective measure of a person’s emotional dissatisfaction with the quality of their relationships.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Accommodation manager Yuta Matsuo told Reuters the hosts were "fully aware of the dissatisfaction and concerns voiced by the athlete delegations".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Even if a trust member’s aesthetic dissatisfaction were a cognizable injury, the trust itself would lack standing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Perhaps because of confusion with discomfort and dismay, it is widely used to indicate uneasiness or vague dissatisfaction.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

But “The Book of Ayn” is rife with dissatisfactions — to its credit — and with self-aware jokes and serious questions about self-awareness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Broad City has never been apolitical, but Season 5 has neatly plaited its characters’ newfound dissatisfactions with their 20s lifestyle with subtle social critique.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2019

Haemin is especially eloquent on life’s smaller dissatisfactions, and how they can sometimes be trickier to deal with than the bigger, more dramatic ones.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2019

The same could be said for much of “Claire from Hollywood,” even if it feels like there’s potential for greater dividends with a deeper exploration of Claire’s numerous dissatisfactions.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2017

Why must he come to her with his seething and suffering and dissatisfactions?

From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence