Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not satisfying or affording full gratification of appetite or desire; not giving content; not convincing the mind.

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  • adjective Not providing satisfaction.

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  • adjective not up to expectations

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Examples

  • Such series tend to end in unsatisfying ways, mostly because their authors got tired of them.

    Reflective Surface - Book series 2004

  • They spend their money and labour for these uncertain unsatisfying things.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • This past week, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker delivered what most observers described as unsatisfying and even 'dodgy,' to quote one military instructor at the Naval War College, reports to Congress on the situation in Iraq.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Bush Calls for Long-Term Occupation of Iraq 2007

  • This past week, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker delivered what most observers described as unsatisfying and even "dodgy," to quote one military instructor at the Naval War College, reports to Congress on the situation in Iraq. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Bush Calls for Long-Term Occupation of Iraq 2007

  • Â Girl Two barely manages to win her case, and walks away with her vaguely abusive boyfriend, leaving us with a very strange and kind of unsatisfying ending to a story that never quite gelled.

    Review: Rapid-Fire Reviews #302 (In A Series of 250) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • That's why lots of people, in reflecting on old school gaming, will talk about how "unsatisfying" their experiences were.

    On the Oracular Power of Dice James Maliszewski 2008

  • It's kind of unsatisfying, I think, from the media's point of view, but it does show the degree to which the imperial presidency can be surrounding by a bubble, where the president doesn't have to be questioned by either journalist or the opposition party, at least until the fall debates with Democrat candidate John Kerry.

    CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2004 2004

  • An Apple tablet will be hampered at the start by "unsatisfying" 3G broadband networks, short battery life, and people's yen for a flexible device that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket, according to Gaines.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • An Apple tablet will be hampered at the start by "unsatisfying" 3G broadband networks, short battery life, and people's yen for a flexible device that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket, according to Gaines.

    Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2010

  • An Apple tablet will be hampered at the start by "unsatisfying" 3G broadband networks, short battery life, and people's yen for a flexible device that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket, according to Gaines.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2010

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