dissatisfied

[ dis-sat-is-fahyd ]

adjective

1. not satisfied or pleased; discontented.
2. showing dissatisfaction:

   a dissatisfied look.

dissatisfied

/ dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. having or showing dissatisfaction; discontented

Derived Forms

• disˈsatisˌfiedly, adverb

Other Words From

• dis·satis·fiedly adverb
• dis·satis·fiedness noun
• self-dis·satis·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissatisfied¹

First recorded in 1665–75; dissatisfy + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Facebook’s aggressive “buy-or-bury” strategy, the state attorneys general added, ultimately meant that users who were “otherwise dissatisfied with the data usage and privacy options available on Facebook have nowhere else to go.”

From Washington Post

If a prisoner is dissatisfied with the response, they can send their complaint to a statewide board that reviews grievance appeals called the Administrative Review Board.

From ProPublica

The Lions were dissatisfied with Caldwell’s inability to beat the league’s better teams and advance in the playoffs.

From Washington Post

Two, even when people get what they want, they’re dissatisfied because the thing is not set up to do what they’re asking it to do.

From Vox

Brant wasn’t the only young voter we spoke with who was dissatisfied with his options, or politics more generally.

From FiveThirtyEight

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.

From The Daily Beast

When he looks at the neatly compiled jigsaw puzzle of his life, however, he feels empty, deeply dissatisfied.

From The Daily Beast

Dissatisfied within their respective lives, their shared goal is the search for meaning, in anything.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile on the streets, dissatisfied Nigerians are hoisting signs reading, “Please Find Our Daughters” and “Can Anyone Hear Me?”

From The Daily Beast

Others say he is deeply dissatisfied that Khartoum can no longer fulfill his financial demands for his forces.

From The Daily Beast

He had, in truth, a great deal to answer for, and enough to make a livelier man than he dissatisfied and wretched.

From Project Gutenberg

Plato, dissatisfied with the laws of his country, wrote out a code of morals and laws which he thought much better.

From Project Gutenberg

She knew that Gwynne, triumphant and happy as he was, had ridden away vaguely dissatisfied.

From Project Gutenberg

She felt herself strong to accept the trying task of making him happy,—he, a man dissatisfied with himself.

From Project Gutenberg

She seems angry with Gilbert's accounts, and dissatisfied with her poor balance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• discontented