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dissatisfactory

dissatisfactory adjective: causing dissatisfaction.

Adjective

dissatisfactory (comparative more dissatisfactory, superlative most dissatisfactory)

  1. Causing dissatisfaction.
    Synonyms:
    unsatisfactory

Synonyms of dissatisfactory

Forms of dissatisfactory

comparativemore dissatisfactory
superlativemost dissatisfactory

Origin of dissatisfactory

From dis- + satisfactory.

Words formed from dissatisfactory

Questions about dissatisfactory

What does dissatisfactory mean?
Dissatisfactory means causing dissatisfaction.
What part of speech is dissatisfactory?
Dissatisfactory is an adjective.

Words near dissatisfactory in the dictionary

  1. dissarray
  2. dissassembly
  3. dissatisfaction
  4. dissatisfactions
  5. dissatisfactoriness
  6. dissatisfactory
  7. dissatisfied
  8. dissatisfiedly
  9. dissatisfiedness
  10. dissatisfier
  11. dissatisfiers

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