Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Feeling or exhibiting a lack of contentment or satisfaction.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Discontented; not satisfied; not pleased; offended.
- Arising from or manifesting dissatisfaction: as, a dissatisfied look.
Wiktionary
- adj. Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
- adj. Not satisfied (with the quality of something)
- v. simple past tense and past participle of dissatisfy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
Examples
“Flash forward forty years, and the buddies are in dissatisfied retirement when fate comes knocking.”
“Many of the landless farm labourers and even the low-salaried and embittered middle class men will remain dissatisfied by the reforms of the Government, because these reforms are running short of the irresponsible Nazi promises.”
“Until recently, Americans felt that it was un-American to complain and management exploited this lingering bit of puritan sentiment by labeling dissatisfied customers and clients “troublemakers.””
“But when you start giving me that high of a proportion of people dissatisfied, that is something we need to pay attention to," Lasley said.”
“I do not believe a referendum on whether we are satisfied as a nation with the European Constitution need lead - in the event that 'we' declare ourselves to be 'dissatisfied' - to our leaving the Federated States of Europe.”
“= D And to think I was gonna start a group called the dissatisfied wishlisters. lol, i cud still do it for chuckles.”
“And yes, I think Cathy Cox was hurt by deciding to eventually not try and better address some of these concerns & meeting with more of those 'dissatisfied' or 'worried' about the voting system.”
“Although the individuals who participated in Saturday's event were very diverse in ethnicity, income, and politics, they almost all (88%) said that they were either "dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with the tone of political dialogue in the America.”
The Huffington Post: Archon Fung: Public Deliberation: The Left Should Learn to Trust Americans
“And those are ones where there hasn't been a lot of conflict, but they're just kind of dissatisfied with the relationship.”
“And in a Washington Post-ABC poll earlier this month, 45 percent described themselves as "dissatisfied" with how the federal government works, and 25 percent described themselves as "angry.”
The Washington Post: Anger doesn't tell whole story of 2010 election season
Lists
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bilby "Because of some inadequacy in themselves - poverty of physical weakness in men, poverty or ugliness in women - those with the gift of creation built for themselves a rich interior world; and when the inadequacy disappeared and the real world was spread before them with all its wealth and beauty, they could not give their whole heart to it. Uncertain of their choice, they wavered between goals; were lonely in crowds, dissatisfied amid noise and laughter, unhappy even with those they loved best. The interior world called them back, and for some it was a case of having to return there or die."
- Frank O'Connor, 'The Ugly Duckling'. Sep 5, 2008