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Dissatisfying

Dissatisfy \Dis*sat"is*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissatisfying.] To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune.

The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy.
--Bancroft.

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dissatisfying

vb. (present participle of dissatisfy English)

Usage examples of "dissatisfying".

It may seem that Tolkien, rather than boldly "progressing" toward LotR-style Quenya, made a series of detours on the way, sometimes venturing off into radical revisions that eventually proved dissatisfying and were rejected.

She not only watched me trade in a stable but dissatisfying career as a historian so that I could pursue my dream of writing fantasy, she urged me to do so.

There can be no real feeling, no sane emotion, vested in such encounters, merely the empty and ultimately dissatisfying release of physical urges.

He came out after a minute with a report even more dissatisfying to the leader, but he nodded grudgingly to Escott.