unsatisfactory
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The RPC review, which did not name Prof Ian Brown but referred to "Dr Y", found out of the 20 cases reviewed, 15 were "unsatisfactory overall".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The statement also emphasized that the district’s widely noted academic gains contradict “the idea that his performance was unsatisfactory or unprofessional or that he was in any way unfit for service.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The company then introduced an access fee -- a remedy the EU rejected in April as unsatisfactory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
"It was a most unsatisfactory beginning," he said quietly, punctuating the "unsatisfactory" with a stab of his pipe.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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