unsatisfactory
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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
International Cricket Council referee Jeff Crowe is yet to deliver his assessment of the pitch, pondering whether to give it an "unsatisfactory" rating which would see the venue slapped with a demerit point.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
Plus, he says, “Hard times, in economic terms, are triggers. It all stems from an unsatisfactory present.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
If, like my wife, you find that frustrating and unsatisfactory, the brand-name medical center offers you a pile of word jerky to chew on while you get your checkbook out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
William Wotton, on the other hand, like Newton, generally used the word to refer to arguments that are false or unsatisfactory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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