unsatisfactory
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Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The question of why has been much debated over the years; at his trial, Meursault offers an unsatisfactory answer: “because of the sun.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
During that time, he released two albums recorded while on bail or day release, but he generally glosses over them as unsatisfactory when discussing his career.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
International Cricket Council referee Jeff Crowe is yet to deliver his assessment of the pitch, which if handed an "unsatisfactory" rating would see the venue slapped with a demerit point.
From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025
It was painfully clear that Sister Irma herself had found the color unsatisfactory and had tried her unadvised, noble best to tone it down somehow.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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