unsatisfactorily

Example Sentences

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The problem with wars is that when they don’t go as you planned, you have an ugly choice—end them unsatisfactorily or wade in deeper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“The ARB did not find any U.S. government employee engaged in misconduct or performed unsatisfactorily in a way that contributed to these incidents,” the fact sheet said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2021

Though a crowd favorite, it was also a "trick" by which a seemingly unresolvable story was unsatisfactorily resolved.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2020

Even worse, at only a measly eight episodes for the first season, it’s barely a binge watch for the potential fan with plenty of subplots unsatisfactorily still percolating.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2018

There is one row of dwarf plum trees set six feet apart and trained, rather unsatisfactorily, into bush form.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.