dissatisfy
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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
All short and easy answers to the supreme question dissatisfy after the first flush.
From The Chief End of Man by George Spring Merriam
Confused and dissatisfied with local treatment plans, Lynette sought a second opinion from The Royal Marsden Hospital in London which recommended genetic testing and platinum chemotherapy – something not offered on the NHS at home.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It would also make the justices safer in the long run from a public increasingly dissatisfied with their arbitrary secrecy.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Yet the British, like Americans, remain deeply dissatisfied with the economy, inflation and incomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Still, Angelenos are far more dissatisfied with the direction of the city than they were in 1989, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
"Those who are dissatisfied will drop away and those who remain you'll teach . . ." "I don't think I can," I said.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
But the transition was tough, and he found single life dissatisfying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
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
This was for me an odd and largely dissatisfying episode in addition to being, at over an hour, the longest episode to date.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
No one should remain quiet under dissatisfying conditions; we should each strive for individual liberty.
From Imprudence by F.E. Mills Young
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