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

Rabelais dissatisfies him; Scarron dissatisfies him; Molière, Swift, Sterne, not to mention others, dissatisfy him.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

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

After an interaction with Nye in July 2024, Kamra gave evidence that he was "dissatisfied" and that questions he had for Nye were still not answered.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

A survey of about 1,500 fire survivors found that more than half were dissatisfied with the notice they received before being allowed to return home, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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 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

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

Emanuel's joyful enthusiasm at these telegraphs of death implied that he had drawn dissatisfying inferences from his previous health.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul