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dissatisfaction

[dis-sat-is-fak-shuhn, dis-sat-] / ˌdɪs sæt ɪsˈfæk ʃən, dɪsˌsæt- /


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There is little margin for error or customer dissatisfaction, as disgruntled viewers will tune out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

MPs launched their inquiry into student loans in England amid "widespread dissatisfaction" over repayment terms.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

As they bicker and jab, their quiet dissatisfaction with their lives stops being so quiet.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

He said one of the most common sentiments he hears from voters whose doors he knocks on is broad dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

Richard watched the smile that pulled her mouth up at one end, a sardonic smile that he imagined hid something else, perhaps dissatisfaction.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But “The Book of Ayn” is rife with dissatisfactions — to its credit — and with self-aware jokes and serious questions about self-awareness.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

Are employees not telling their managers the truth about their dissatisfactions?

From New York Times Jan. 30, 2023

Haemin is especially eloquent on life’s smaller dissatisfactions, and how they can sometimes be trickier to deal with than the bigger, more dramatic ones.

From The Guardian Jan. 12, 2019

The administrative job’s innate dissatisfactions are written between the lines of these books.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2018

Desire's demurs and questions,—her dissatisfactions, sittings and contempts,—threatened now and then to swoop down upon the family life and comfort with destroying talons.

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)




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