not satisfying

Example Sentences

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And when the adults do give them the answers, they’re just not satisfying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Yet this answer is not satisfying to everyone.

From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022

But, as Willis Aronowitz's explorations suggest, that may be the same reason it remains so compelling to people — even when it's not satisfying to us.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022

“We were going to do something important but not satisfying: maintain a long-term project with a problematic government to maintain a fragile progress and avoid a catastrophe,” Malinowski said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

But telling Wambui what happened was not satisfying enough; she longed for other listeners, and she longed to hear the stories of others.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie