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
She pitched it to Lichtenberg and his now-manager at Fortune, Ashley Lutz, who experimented with the fledgling technology, but the initial results were unsatisfactory and the test was discontinued.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
International Cricket Council referee Jeff Crowe is yet to deliver his assessment of the pitch, pondering whether to give it an "unsatisfactory" rating which would see the venue slapped with a demerit point.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
When he was handed the ball on the second day, his career bowling average stood at an unsatisfactory 37.63.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
The philosophers found such an answer unsatisfactory, even though something similar was to be found in Pliny’s Natural History, and sought a natural explanation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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