dissatisfaction
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Some voiced their dissatisfaction under a post from Selena’s husband, Chris Pérez, on Instagram — but he was quick to shut them down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The impact on the American consumer has gone up tremendously," he said, adding that there was growing dissatisfaction in the rural, normally Republican area of Virginia where he lives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Even if a trust member’s aesthetic dissatisfaction were a cognizable injury, the trust itself would lack standing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"There is deep economic dissatisfaction and distress, which has translated into a lack of hope about the future," Aiyar says.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Vanity, vainglory, dissatisfaction with my work,” he told the court, “and love of an easy life led me to the criminal path.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
Broad City has never been apolitical, but Season 5 has neatly plaited its characters’ newfound dissatisfactions with their 20s lifestyle with subtle social critique.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2019
The Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff points out that many of the dissatisfactions it seeks to address would be more effectively achieved by a rigorous assault on monopolies than a take-down of the free market.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2018
From Laura she has heard all the family dissatisfactions and numberless descriptions of Violet.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas