discontented
Example Sentences
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“No wonder that this results in an unhappy and discontented worker,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
All that lucre couldn’t override the prevailing sentiment among discontented voters who were ready, after nearly eight years of the uber-outsider Arnold Schwarzenegger, to embrace the tried-and-true experience of the reemergent Jerry Brown.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
Its logic is that if it can choke off external supplies, the RSF’s local supporters will become discontented and some of its units may defect.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024
But it wasn't the fact that the book was getting adapted that left them feeling discontented.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
Anyone who conspires cannot act alone, nor can he find companions except from amongst those whom he believes to be discontented.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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