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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His wife, Lindsay (Carey Mulligan), picks out fabrics and seems discontented with life.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Her discontented characters seem to wander beneath an empty firmament.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Her discontented characters seem to wander beneath an empty firmament.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discontented. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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