unsatisfying


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unsatisfying

(ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ)
adj
not fulfilling or satisfactory: it was inherently unsatisfying work.
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Adj.1.unsatisfying - not up to expectationsunsatisfying - not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
unsatisfactory - not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"
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Translations

unsatisfying

[ˈʌnˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ] ADJpoco satisfactorio; (= insufficient) → insuficiente
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unsatisfying

[ˌʌnˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ] adjinsatisfaisant(e)
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unsatisfying

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unsatisfying

[ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ] adj (result, work) → insoddisfacente, poco soddisfacente; (meal) → che non soddisfa
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References in classic literature ?
This was soon done; but again, as I thus conned all those virtues which I was to expect united in one unhappy woman, the result was still unsatisfying, for I began to perceive that it was really not perfection that I was in search of.
Life in the cannibal village had been too unsatisfying. There had been too little love.
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But the jest was unsatisfying, and I was thinking of these figures all the morning, until Weena's rescue drove them out of my head.
The fruit of the itching palm is so bitter and unsatisfying that a considerable percentage of it is sometimes given away in what are known as "benefactions."
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