as in frustrated
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
the store prides itself on never allowing a customer to walk away dissatisfied
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as in disappointed
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
a restaurant serving portions that will not dissatisfy even the heartiest eater
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as in displeased
to make discontented
an administrative assistant dissatisfied by her meager paycheck
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Recent Examples of dissatisfied
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
Throughout his campaign, Pratt has emphasized issues such as homelessness, public safety, wildfire response and government spending, positioning himself as a political outsider challenging the status quo in Los Angeles and drawing support from frustrated voters dissatisfied with current leadership.
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Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.
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JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Their presence may deliver a domestic propaganda victory to Putin, experts say, as Russians become dissatisfied with the cost of the war in Ukraine.
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Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
Throughout his campaign, Pratt has emphasized issues such as homelessness, public safety, wildfire response and government spending, positioning himself as a political outsider challenging the status quo in Los Angeles and drawing support from frustrated voters dissatisfied with current leadership.
—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.
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JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissatisfied
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But no one who delves into Duchamp can shake the feeling that erotic fixations and frustrated romantic love are at the core of his imaginative universe.
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Unemployment remains above 30%, making migrants easy political targets for frustrated communities and opportunistic actors.
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Fans expecting brilliant French offense in the Philadelphia Stadium sweatbox had reason to be disappointed.
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As the game drew to a close, he also would have been disappointed not to have lifted the ball over the keeper after he was slipped through by Mbappe on the counter.
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Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.
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Some customers on social media are understandably displeased by the news, with users on sites like Reddit promoting physical copies as the best way to permanently own media.
Adjective
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Owning a home has long been considered part of financial freedom and the larger American Dream, but that concept itself has lost its sheen as a rising share of young Americans grow disillusioned with it.
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Glass says her camps provide disillusioned men a better way forward.
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Claude has apparently sought to siphon users discontented with ChatGPT, unveiling an update in February that allows users to import their data from competitor AI chatbots.
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Humans are the only animals known to be discontented with natural selection.
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The decade was an unhappy panorama of inflation, gas shortages, military humiliation, and revelations of political corruption.
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On Tuesday, Paul urged Americans who are unhappy with the justices’ ruling to support his proposal.
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Others are annoyed that its ambiguous language will create confusion over how — or if — the state will enforce compliance.
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David goes on a tour of the past 250 years and is deeply annoyed by every facet of it.
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As if the arc of history just naturally bends towards justice without aggrieved people putting pressure on it.
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When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy.
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“Dissatisfied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissatisfied. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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