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unsatisfy

unsatisfy verb: to fail to satisfy; dissatisfy.

Verb

unsatisfy (third-person singular simple present unsatisfies, present participle unsatisfying, simple past and past participle unsatisfied)

  1. (rare, transitive) To fail to satisfy; dissatisfy.
    • For the execution, by disputes, there arose some difficulties, the Earl of Dorset alleging that if the arrears should be paid upon Dorsetshire, there would not remain money to satisfy the growing entertainments, which would much unsatisfy the […]1897, Great Britain. Public Record Office, John Bruce, William Douglas Hamilton, Calendar of State Papers: Of the Reign of Charles I, 1625-[1649]
    • […] or imprisoned persons, supposed ghosts, for long periods or until almost the end of the story, with occasional references to them, unsatisfies the reader, unless he knows beforehand that all will be explained normally.1950, Lulu Rumsey Wiley, The sources and influence of the novels of Charles Brockden Brown

Forms of unsatisfy

third-person singular presentunsatisfies
present participleunsatisfying
past participleunsatisfied
pastunsatisfied

Origin of unsatisfy

From un- + satisfy.

Questions about unsatisfy

What does unsatisfy mean?
Unsatisfy means to fail to satisfy; dissatisfy.
What part of speech is unsatisfy?
Unsatisfy is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsatisfy?
The past tense of unsatisfy is unsatisfied.

Words near unsatisfy in the dictionary

  1. unsatisfiably
  2. unsatisfied
  3. unsatisfiedly
  4. unsatisfiedness
  5. unsatisfies
  6. unsatisfy
  7. unsatisfyedness
  8. unsatisfying
  9. unsatisfyingly
  10. unsatisfyingness
  11. unsaturable

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