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dissatisfactory

[dis-sat-is-fak-tuh-ree, dis-sat-] / ˌdɪs sæt ɪsˈfæk tə ri, dɪsˌsæt- /


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Touching your face can be a spontaneous or even subconscious act that some research indicates can help us deal with anxiety and discomfort, or be related to negative or dissatisfactory feelings.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2022

It fits with the preconceived notion of Brazil that it would have a potentially great program, only to hinder it with a dissatisfactory commitment to nurturing it.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2016

Life has since returned to a dissatisfactory normal for most people living in public housing.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2013

Yes, indeed; don't you find them coupon meals very dissatisfactory?

From The Girl with the Green Eyes A Play in Four Acts by Fitch, Clyde

My Dear Charles,—This is very evasive and dissatisfactory.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle




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