dissatisfy

verb dis·sat·is·fy \ -ˌfī \

Updated on: 24 Apr 2018

Definition of dissatisfy

transitive verb

: to fail to satisfy : displease

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Examples of dissatisfy in a Sentence

She was dissatisfied by the poor service.
a restaurant serving portions that will not dissatisfy even the heartiest eater

Recent Examples of dissatisfy from the Web

Lawmakers were dissatisfied with response to Russian meddling CEO faces two days of hearings starting Tuesday afternoon Facebook Inc.

— Bloomberg.com, "Zuckerberg Testifies Before Senate Panel," 10 Apr. 2018
Those options left many lawmakers dissatisfied, including some of those most closely involved in writing the legislation.

— carl hulse, New York Times, "Broad Spending Bills Here to Stay as Long as Congressional Dysfunction Reigns," 30 Mar. 2018
Trump was dissatisfied with that decision, calling for Sessions to put prosecutors on the case.

— joseph tanfani, latimes.com, "Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions says no second special counsel for probe into FBI, at least for now," 29 Mar. 2018
The Washington Post reported last month that Tracey and Michael Landry founded the school 13 years ago after they were dissatisfied with other schools in the area in 2005.

— wilborn p. nobles iii, NOLA.com, "TEGNA donates $10,000 to Breaux Bridge's TM Landry College Preparatory school," 10 Jan. 2018
Patient-satisfaction scores are increasingly embedded in medical practice, and educational efforts to keep patients from being dissatisfied may be slow to change minds.

— maryn mckenna, WIRED, "The Yelping of The American Doctor," 22 Mar. 2018
Some parents said they have been dissatisfied with the school district’s answers to safety concerns raised since the shooting, pointing to the failure to address Nikolas Cruz’s mental health issues and the trespassing by his brother.

— scott travis, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Gov. Rick Scott offers to put cops at every Stoneman Douglas entry to ease parents' fears," 20 Mar. 2018
More from Review Many Russians are dissatisfied with the status quo, but most think that Mr. Putin’s exit could make things worse.

— chris miller, WSJ, "Is Putin Repeating the Mistakes of Brezhnev?," 9 Mar. 2018
Since then, customers have only been able to bring back or exchange items they were dissatisfied with for a year after purchase.

— charisse jones, USA TODAY, "Are lifetime guarantees becoming a thing of the past?," 5 Mar. 2018

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