discontented
adjective
dis·con·tent·ed
ˌdis-kən-ˈten-təd 
discontentedly
adverb
discontentedness
noun
Examples of discontented in a Sentence
he was becoming increasingly discontented with his dead-end job and his dead-end life
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As much as personality appears to rule the day — Trump is a New York billionaire developer whose bombastic style captured the souls of discontented rural Americans — the 2028 presidential race might come down to simple, timeworn economic forces.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Swinney has heard the noise of discontented fans this season and defended Clemson's success, going back to when Brent Venables was his defensive coordinator.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Oct. 2025
Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
This mix of hypocrisy and corruption, combined with the failure to stop growing Jewish immigration in the 1930s, weakened Husseini’s popularity with the discontented masses.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Swinney has heard the noise of discontented fans this season and defended Clemson's success, going back to when Brent Venables was his defensive coordinator.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Oct. 2025
Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
This mix of hypocrisy and corruption, combined with the failure to stop growing Jewish immigration in the 1930s, weakened Husseini’s popularity with the discontented masses.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for discontented
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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discontented. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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