dissatisfied Definition
dis·sat·is·fied (dis′sat′is fīd′, dis-)
adjective
- not satisfied; displeased
- showing dissatisfaction
dissatisfied Synonyms
dissatisfied
modif.
dissatisfied Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- increasingly: I began to feel increasingly dissatisfied: I still faced financial crisis, yet no relief came.
- still: Where, following such a second marking, the student is still dissatisfied, he/she should contact the Registrar for advice.
- very: I became very dissatisfied with my son's lack of progress.
- vaguely: Both women are smart and well spoken but each seems vaguely dissatisfied with their life.
- totally: Dorothy Kilner herself, usually so reserved, pronounced herself totally dissatisfied with the current state of children's literature.
Preposition: with
- way: Many folk are becoming totally dissatisfied with the way that chain store retail outlets and repairmen treat their computers.
- response: Mr Y remained dissatisfied with the earlier responses he had received from the Trust.
- explanation: The complainant remained dissatisfied with the explanation which she had been given.
Modifies a noun
- complainant: It was dissatisfied complainants who set up the Trust in the first place.
- he/she: Where, following such a second marking, the student is still dissatisfied, he/she should contact the Registrar for advice.
- customer: In the last resort we invite a dissatisfied customer to write to the Registrar General.
- applicant: Dissatisfied applicants can complain, via an MP, to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
- client: Also, dissatisfied clients can turn to the Consumer Complaints Service.
- worker: Coupled with the Napoleonic wars and the shrinking of the retail market because of this conflict the dissatisfied workers conspired to destroy the machinery.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: The convener refused her request on 14 June 1999; Mrs A remains dissatisfied.
- feel: However, I continue to feel dissatisfied with the solutions posed.
- become: I became very dissatisfied with my son's lack of progress.
- grow: He had grown dissatisfied, having realized every conceivable desire that the mortal world could offer.
- leave: Just because someone does not write or phone in to complain does not mean that they haven't left dissatisfied.
- seem: Both women are smart and well spoken but each seems vaguely dissatisfied with their life.
Browse dictionary entries near dissatisfied
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- ‹ dissatisfaction
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- ‹ disruptive
- ‹ disruption
- ‹ disrupt
- ‹ disrobe
- ‹ disrespectful
- ‹ disrespectable
- ‹ disrespect
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