dissatisfy

Success is, eventually, actually reading your unread books, or at least holding on to them long enough that they have the chance to satisfy, dissatisfy or dement you.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2019

The more time it takes to do something, the higher your labor costs, and the more potential there is to dissatisfy the customer.

From Inc ● Oct. 22, 2012

This workplace is an instance of individuals caught in the grip of unproductive systems, that systematically dispirit the staff, dissatisfy the clients and make the firm less productive than it could be.

From Forbes ● Jun. 23, 2011

But any compromise will be unusually difficult, because the issue seems an all-or-nothing question; simply reducing the funds would dissatisfy everyone.

From Time Magazine Archive

To an Arab Sheik, loudest in importunity, he said: "What has happened since yesterday to dissatisfy thee with life?"

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace

But there was no provision in the contract to replace him if either side was dissatisfied — a flaw the jury blamed on Nossaman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In his program notes, Everton CEO Angus Kinnear declared that he was "happily dissatisfied" with the campaign - an odd turn of phrase at a confusing moment that quickly soured after a 3-1 defeat.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

It would also make the justices safer in the long run from a public increasingly dissatisfied with their arbitrary secrecy.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

"They told me they are really dissatisfied with all the existing political parties, because nobody listens to them," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

But then the wagon comes to a stop, and the creature gives me a last malevolent look before disappearing with a dissatisfied hiss.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

But the transition was tough, and he found single life dissatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Anna’s narrative drift takes her to Athens, leading to an ending some may find perfectly natural and others dissatisfying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

This was for me an odd and largely dissatisfying episode in addition to being, at over an hour, the longest episode to date.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Even if A.I. could make changes to movies and books that you personally find dissatisfying, part of those works’ value lies in the shared conversations they inspire—conversations that require opinions about common, historically situated texts.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2023

This night, however, the knitting lagged and the thoughts were unaccountably dissatisfying; she could not even settle down to a cat-nap with the habitual serenity.

From The Primrose Ring by Ruth Sawyer