unsatisfactory
Example Sentences
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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
Canada could sue Stellantis for breach of contract should Joly find the company’s response unsatisfactory, officials say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 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
Now I really am laughing, covering my mouth with my hand, because it’s such an unsatisfactory letter, which in turn makes it so much like Bas: solemn one minute and ridiculous the next.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing unsatisfactory
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