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

But any compromise will be unusually difficult, because the issue seems an all-or-nothing question; simply reducing the funds would dissatisfy everyone.

From Time Magazine Archive

To an Arab Sheik, loudest in importunity, he said: "What has happened since yesterday to dissatisfy thee with life?"

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace

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

In an effort to persuade voters who are dissatisfied with the status quo, Hilton bought a full-page ad in the Wednesday editions of the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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

The deal is structured to give the service flexibility and allow it to spend far less than the maximum sum if it grows dissatisfied with the drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Cade was athletic, smart, energetic, and high maintenance; Monica was quiet, brooding, and dissatisfied.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

In that, though, “Father Mother Sister Brother” is no doubt true enough to many a family gathering this Christmas—awkward, amusing, a bit dissatisfying, but not a disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 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

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

So Pen's tasks had come to be very irksome to him, and his mode of life very dissatisfying.

From The Flag by Homer Greene