unsatisfactory

• Equally unsatisfactory is the excuse, that they illustrate history. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858
• Dickie felt this to be unsatisfactory, and she accordingly made further inquiries on the first opportunity She laid her dry sticks neatly in the corner, and grasping the handles of her barrow, stood facing Andrew silently, who did not raise his grave long face from his work; he did not look encouraging, but she was quite used to that Did 'oo like it, Andoo?" —  The Hawthorns A Story about Children
• His defence was that he only obeyed the wishes of the majority; but this being deemed unsatisfactory, the Court of Aldermen ordered him to be suspended from office. —  London and the Kingdom - Volume II
• Though the condition of the navy was unsatisfactory, the sea-power of Great Britain was an important factor in European politics.
• The more individual the man or woman, the more unsatisfactory is a non-individual connection: promiscuity. —  Fantasia of the Unconscious

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