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dissatisfaction

[dis-sat-is-fak-shuhn, dis-sat-] / ˌdɪs sæt ɪsˈfæk ʃən, dɪsˌsæt- /


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Accommodation manager Yuta Matsuo told Reuters the hosts were "fully aware of the dissatisfaction and concerns voiced by the athlete delegations".

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Much of this dissatisfaction stems from a steep rise in global energy prices and the knock-on effects on other goods.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Nicastro also placed cats in unfamiliar environments, hoping to get meows of dissatisfaction.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

"The impact on the American consumer has gone up tremendously," he said, adding that there was growing dissatisfaction in the rural, normally Republican area of Virginia where he lives.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Whether this was due to some dissatisfaction with her life at the time, I do not know.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But “The Book of Ayn” is rife with dissatisfactions — to its credit — and with self-aware jokes and serious questions about self-awareness.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

It is not surprising, according to Vásquez, because “places in conflict produce fiction: Fiction is where all the anxieties and discontent, the dissatisfactions and fears of a society, filter down.”

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2021

These interesting and extremely human but abstract dissatisfactions suffer by dint of the forced comparison to crappy conditions real people really lived with during the pandemic.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2021

The Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff points out that many of the dissatisfactions it seeks to address would be more effectively achieved by a rigorous assault on monopolies than a take-down of the free market.

From The Guardian Aug. 19, 2018

The numerous historical accounts of men and women leaving their native lands in order to escape discomforts, dissatisfactions, punishment or persecution for various reasons, are examples of this state of affairs.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various




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