dissatisfies

verb

present tense third-person singular of dissatisfy
1
as in disappoints
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of a restaurant serving portions that will not dissatisfy even the heartiest eater

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2
as in displeases
to make discontented an administrative assistant dissatisfied by her meager paycheck

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  1. disappoints
  2. displeases
  3. annoys
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  • If Starship stalls or autonomy disappoints, his paper trillion evaporates.
    — Douglas P. McCormick, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • This is one of the big reasons so much AI work disappoints.
    — Zak Ali, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of disappoints
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  • Those subpoenas were withdrawn on Thursday in a New York courtroom — just one of the arenas where the president, in his second term, has been seeking to control media coverage that displeases him.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • Patel hasn’t been reluctant to fight back against reporting that displeases him.
    — David Bauder, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of displeases
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  • Hotel-booking platform HotelTonight surveyed 447 of its American adult users in June about what annoys them the most during travel.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • But Turner is a symbol for everything that annoys people about the Phillies.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of annoys
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