unsatisfactory
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The company then introduced an access fee -- a remedy the EU rejected in April as unsatisfactory.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
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
If they don’t respond on time or if their response is unsatisfactory, they can be penalized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
While the Snicko controversy is unsatisfactory for a series of this magnitude, it pales in comparison to the substandard nature of England's performance.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 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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