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dissatisfied

/dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/

dissatisfied adjective: feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment. Also the simple past and past participle of dissatisfy.

Adjective

dissatisfied (comparative more dissatisfied, superlative most dissatisfied)

  1. Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.
  2. Not satisfied (e.g. with the quality of something).
    • We offer refunds to dissatisfied customers.
    • The good news for dissatisfied users of Birmingham New Street is that none of these criticisms have gone unnoticed.2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54

Also used as

dissatisfied is also the simple past and past participle of dissatisfy.

dissatisfied meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Persian

dissatisfied in Hindi

feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
असंतुष्ट asantuṣṭ

dissatisfied in Arabic

feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
مُسْتَاء mustāʔ, سَاخِط sāḵiṭ, غَيْر رَاضٍ ḡayr rāḍin, مُتَضَجِّر mutaḍajjir

dissatisfied in Persian

feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
ناراضی nârâzi

Examples of dissatisfied in a sentence

  • The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.
  • The dissatisfied diner sent his underseasoned food back to the kitchen for more salt.
  • Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.

All 20 example sentences with dissatisfied

Synonyms of dissatisfied

Forms of dissatisfied

comparativemore dissatisfied
superlativemost dissatisfied
alternative formdisatisfied

Origin of dissatisfied

From dis- + satisfied.

Words formed from dissatisfied

Questions about dissatisfied

What does dissatisfied mean?
Dissatisfied means feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.
What is dissatisfied in Hindi?
Dissatisfied in Hindi is असंतुष्ट (asantuṣṭ). See Dissatisfied meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dissatisfied?
Dissatisfied is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dissatisfied?
Dissatisfied is pronounced /dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/.

Words near dissatisfied in the dictionary

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

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