unsatisfactoriness

noun

Definition of unsatisfactorinessnext
as in undesirability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsatisfactoriness
  1. undesirability
  2. meaninglessness
  3. uselessness
  4. inadequacy
  5. irrelevance
  6. pointlessness
  7. inapplicability
Noun
  • The undesirability of the undead state is inherent in the term itself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
  • There are hyper-local gags about the Williamsburg bar Union Pool and the undesirability of living in the Financial District, and a creature known as Rat Pizza — like Pizza Rat in reverse.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of undesirability
Noun
  • Arendt, evidently depressed and convinced of life’s meaninglessness, found his teaching electrifying.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Like emo in the early to mid ’00s, the genre marker has been muddied to the point of near meaninglessness.
    — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of meaninglessness
Noun
  • The goal isn't to restrict agents into uselessness.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The fear of uselessness explains why the banker Eric Tao (Ken Leung) leaves a cushy retirement to get back to finance, even at the cost of neglecting his kids.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of uselessness
Noun
  • But if the reason you’re being drawn to improve your appearance comes from a place of in inadequacy and constant comparison to others, then this motivation may leave you at risk of developing restrictive or harmful behaviors.
    — Jennifer Donnelly, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2026
  • After all, the class was her sanctuary through a breakup, during feelings of inadequacy and when she was frustrated with work.
    — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of inadequacy
Noun
  • Schiano rescued the program from irrelevance, but modest respectability might be all Rutgers can afford this season — if that.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In a world that promises to be defined by AI, universities that fail to produce graduates who can use it productively will consign themselves to irrelevance.
    — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of irrelevance
Noun
  • The battle that follows — a muddy and mean scrum — is even more ghastly, partly for its utter pointlessness.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Such expeditions can turn into a Buddhistic exercise in enlightened pointlessness.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of pointlessness
Noun
  • Defendants rely on cases that, ironically, only confirm the inapplicability of the § 1252(f)(1) bar here.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Definition of inapplicability
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