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
Lord John’s speech was admirable, and so skilful, that it satisfied his friends, his foes, and did not dissatisfy the Radicals.
From The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) by Charles Greville
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
Mike Keil, the chief executive of the CCW, said the figures "reflect just how dissatisfied many people still are with the state of the water sector".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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
Even so, Marian was growing increasingly restless and dissatisfied.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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
Today she felt that the prospect ahead was dreary and dissatisfying.
From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook
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