unsatisfying

ADJECTIVE

disappointing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depressing disconcerting discouraging disheartening distasteful frustrating mediocre unpleasant

STRONG

bitter displeasing failing lame

WEAK

disagreeable falling short inadequate ineffective inferior insufficient mid unfulfilling unhappy uninteresting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable encouraging pleasant pleasing

STRONG

strong

WEAK

satisfactory

ADJECTIVE

dissatisfactory

Synonyms

WEAK

bad damaged deficient disappointing displeasing distressing inadequate insufficient junky lame mediocre no good not satisfying not up to par offensive poor rotten unacceptable unsuitable unworthy useless

Example Sentences

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Though this is an unsatisfying ending, there is wisdom in it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The show's use of technology was "deeply unsatisfying and at points very frustrating" for City AM's Adam Bloodworth.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Remember the unsatisfying finale to “The Sopranos”? Swelling crescendo ... then abrupt cut to black?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

This addition is not derived naturally from the theory itself, which has long made it an unsatisfying solution.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

She boiled cassia pods to make a thin, unsatisfying soup, and roasted spongy, tasteless water-lily bulbs.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

unsatisfying

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