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Unsatisfactory definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNSATISFAC'TORY, a.
1. Not giving satisfaction; not convincing the mind.
2. Not giving content; as an unsatisfactory compensation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory" [ant: satisfactory]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1650 not satisfactory • unsatisfactorily adverb • unsatisfactoriness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not satisfactory; poor, unacceptable. Derivatives: unsatisfactorily adv. unsatisfactoriness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something as unsatisfactory, you mean that it is not as good as it should be, and cannot be considered acceptable. The inspectors said just under a third of lessons were unsatisfactory... He asked a few more questions, to which he received unsatisfactory answers. = inadequate ? satisfactory ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Insufficient. 2. Disappointing. 3. Lame, poor, weak, feeble.

Moby Thesaurus

amiss, bad, bum, crappy, defective, deficient, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, dissatisfactory, failing, falling short, faulty, flawed, found wanting, imperfect, inadequate, inappropriate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, lacking, not enough, not good enough, poor, punk, rotten, second best, tantalizing, teasing, too little, unacceptable, unequal to, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unqualified, unsatisfying, unsufficing, unsuitable, unworthy, up, wanting, weak, wrong