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dissatisfaction

[dis-sat-is-fak-shuhn, dis-sat-] / ˌdɪs sæt ɪsˈfæk ʃən, dɪsˌsæt- /


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There also has been widespread dissatisfaction over how some insurers have handled January 2025 fire claims.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

There is little margin for error or customer dissatisfaction, as disgruntled viewers will tune out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

MPs launched an inquiry into student loans in England this year amid "widespread dissatisfaction" over repayment terms.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The dissatisfaction with World Cup ticket pricing reflects a general discomfort with income distribution in the modern world.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

On Friday, July 18, ten thousand packinghouse workers expressed their dissatisfaction by walking off the job.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

The Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff points out that many of the dissatisfactions it seeks to address would be more effectively achieved by a rigorous assault on monopolies than a take-down of the free market.

From The Guardian Aug. 19, 2018

The administrative job’s innate dissatisfactions are written between the lines of these books.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2018

He added, “Perhaps my basic dissatisfactions are what motivate me.”

From New York Times May 19, 2017

They say, in another place, that there is no ground for the dissatisfactions and difficulties of the weavers: "that they are owing to the delâls, whose aim it is to be employed."

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Edmund Burke




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