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verb

past tense of discontent

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The frustrated energy that zero-COVID once incited has transformed into a malaise of discontented resignation. Christina Knight, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024 By the 1990s, the National Front was using the language of protectionism to pander to discontented workers. Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 Are discontented voters inching toward acceptance? President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump essentially cemented their parties’ nominations on Super Tuesday. Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 On Thursday, dozens of discontented residents gathered at Hasley Canyon Park in Castaic, where recent air sampling detected benzene concentration more than eight times higher than the state’s short-term health limit. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for discontented 

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“Discontented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discontented. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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