as in dissatisfaction
the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation
widespread discontentment with the way the club was being run
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Noun
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Over 40 percent of Republicans cited positive terms related to their party, with 19 percent expressing dissatisfaction.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025 -
Some nurses at Palomar Health in North County are expressing their dissatisfaction with a recent executive decision to delay incentive payments that were due on July 4 due to ongoing financial difficulties at the public health care district with hospitals in Escondido and Poway.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Plenty of other avenues remain for Kennedy to play on COVID discontent—fear of the shots’ side effects, distaste for mandates, declining trust in public health and medical experts—to pull back the government’s support for vaccination.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Voters have also expressed discontent with Trump's tariff policies and his approach to immigration.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Discontentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontentment. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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