Examples of unsatisfactory in a Sentence
He was fired for unsatisfactory performance.
an unsatisfactory first attempt at building a birdhouse
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Russell Miller, a spokesperson for the labor union, referred Bay Area News Group to statements on its website that call Kaiser’s pay offer unsatisfactory because of historic, post-pandemic inflation that drove up living costs for workers.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Sainz and Williams initiating a right of review protest four days later revived my feeling that his penalty was an unsatisfactory outcome, regardless of the rules.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Harris has since demanded information about the investment, but alleges that the responses have been limited and unsatisfactory.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
Additionally, men were 12 percent more likely to stop treatment within a year than women, which the researchers say could reflect unsatisfactory weight loss, with better outcomes generally observed in women taking GLP-1RAs.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Sep. 2025
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Sainz and Williams initiating a right of review protest four days later revived my feeling that his penalty was an unsatisfactory outcome, regardless of the rules.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Harris has since demanded information about the investment, but alleges that the responses have been limited and unsatisfactory.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
Additionally, men were 12 percent more likely to stop treatment within a year than women, which the researchers say could reflect unsatisfactory weight loss, with better outcomes generally observed in women taking GLP-1RAs.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Unsatisfactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsatisfactory. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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