dissatisfy

Success is, eventually, actually reading your unread books, or at least holding on to them long enough that they have the chance to satisfy, dissatisfy or dement you.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2019

The more time it takes to do something, the higher your labor costs, and the more potential there is to dissatisfy the customer.

From Inc ● Oct. 22, 2012

This workplace is an instance of individuals caught in the grip of unproductive systems, that systematically dispirit the staff, dissatisfy the clients and make the firm less productive than it could be.

From Forbes ● Jun. 23, 2011

The court had accomplished the near impossible: it had handed down a decision that would partly satisfy most people and strongly dissatisfy only a few.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't know why or wherefore, but I appeared to run in his mind perpetually, and to dissatisfy him very much.

From American Notes by Charles Dickens

Bloomberg Law, which first reported the demotions, said Washington Field Office leadership was dissatisfied with the pace of the investigation and that the Miller family shared those frustrations.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with U.S. schools, and no wonder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But there was no provision in the contract to replace him if either side was dissatisfied — a flaw the jury blamed on Nossaman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In his program notes, Everton CEO Angus Kinnear declared that he was "happily dissatisfied" with the campaign - an odd turn of phrase at a confusing moment that quickly soured after a 3-1 defeat.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Let us be dissatisfied until integration is not seen as a problem but as an opportunity to participate in the beauty of diversity.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

But that won’t keep low job growth from feeling dissatisfying for many Americans, and challenging for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Maybe that’s one reason the ending was dissatisfying.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025

Anna’s narrative drift takes her to Athens, leading to an ending some may find perfectly natural and others dissatisfying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Even if A.I. could make changes to movies and books that you personally find dissatisfying, part of those works’ value lies in the shared conversations they inspire—conversations that require opinions about common, historically situated texts.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2023

Today she felt that the prospect ahead was dreary and dissatisfying.

From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook