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insatisfaction

insatisfaction noun: dissatisfaction.

Noun

insatisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural insatisfactions)

  1. (obsolete) dissatisfaction
    • their insatisfaction herein begat that remarkable invention in the funeral pyres of some princes1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) insufficiency; emptiness
    • It is a profound contemplation in nature , to consider of the emptiness ( as we may call it ) or insatisfaction of several bodies1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...

Forms of insatisfaction

pluralinsatisfactions

Origin of insatisfaction

From in- + satisfaction.

Questions about insatisfaction

What does insatisfaction mean?
Insatisfaction means dissatisfaction.
What part of speech is insatisfaction?
Insatisfaction is a noun.
What is the plural of insatisfaction?
The plural of insatisfaction is insatisfactions.

Words near insatisfaction in the dictionary

  1. insatiably
  2. insatiate
  3. insatiately
  4. insatiateness
  5. insatiety
  6. insatisfaction
  7. insatisfactions
  8. insaturable
  9. insaw
  10. inscape
  11. inscapes

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