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Definition of Dissatisfying
1. dissatisfy [v] - See also: dissatisfy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissatisfying
Literary usage of Dissatisfying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human Days by Mary MacLane (1917)
"So my written account must come out someways dissatisfying and exasperating.
Logically dissatisfying and divinely and ethically exasperating. ..."
2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"UNSATISFACTORY, dissatisfying, INSUFFICIENT. All these terms mean not meeting
the wishes or expectations. Unsatisfactory, however, is a less positive term ..."
3. Introductory Psychology for Teachers by Edward Kellogg Strong, ( (1922)
"A Want is an Expression of Dissatisfaction or Lack of Satisfaction.—The
dissatisfaction is due to the presence of some stimulus which causes a dissatisfying ..."
4. Thought and Things: A Study of the Development and Meaning of Thought, Or by James Mark Baldwin (1911)
"It is not merely the failure of ethical predicates, but the presence of immoral,
or morally dissatisfying, marks. There are bad ethical values as well as ..."
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