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unsatisfying





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Simply an unsettled, unsatisfying campaign after the glory of Newcastle's first domestic trophy in 70 years when they won the 2025 Carabao Cup.

From BBC May 25, 2026

After a deeply unsatisfying 1966 world tour, Lennon said, “no more for me,” and the rest of the Beatles agreed that their time would be better spent in the studio than on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Based on the novel by Bernard MacLaverty and written by Mr. MacLaverty and Nick Payne, Ms. Findlay’s work is nevertheless so delicate as to be slight, so unassuming as to be unsatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

Zak tells Newsbeat the family had braced themselves for an unsatisfying resolution to the case.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

Somehow Harry connected these unsatisfying, vague images with the destruction of his wand, as if it was the blackthorn wand’s fault that he could no longer see into Voldemort’s mind as well as before.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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