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What is the adjective for dissatisfactory?

What's the adjective for dissatisfactory? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dissatisfy which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dissatisfied
  1. Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.
  2. Not satisfied (e.g. with the quality of something).
  3. Synonyms:
      4. discontented, disgruntled, displeased, irritated, annoyed, disappointed, exasperated, irked, unhappy, vexed, malcontent, resentful, aggrieved, angry, discontent, unsatisfied, frustrated, disaffected, bothered, ungratified, complaining, malcontented, sullen, crabby, grumpy, restless, unfulfilled, griping, grumbling, jaundiced, kvetching, disquieted, fretful, sulky, restive, envious, unsated, querulous, critical, picky, angered, disapproving, regretful, begrudging, ennuied, faultfinding, fretting, grudging, insatiable, jealous … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “There have been many dissatisfied people that he has not been more outspoken on this issue.”
dissatisfactory
  1. Causing dissatisfaction.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. inferior, inadequate, poor, substandard, deficient, lousy, mediocre, paltry, suboptimal, subpar, unacceptable, wretched, crummy, disappointing, lame, rotten, unsatisfactory, unworthy, bad, crumby, insufficient, junky, punk, unsatisfying, unsuitable, useless, wack, wanting, bush, displeasing, ill, off, sour, wrong, damaged, distressing, below par, no good, bush-league, not up to par, from hunger, not satisfying, second-rate, shoddy, rubbish, deplorable, terrible, imperfect, awful, pathetic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It arose out of the dissatisfactory state of municipal politics at this date.”
      “Life has since returned to a dissatisfactory normal for most people living in public housing.”
      “Perhaps their 24-19 win in Paris was the All Blacks' most galling result of the most slightly dissatisfactory autumn series.”
dissatisfying
  1. present participle of dissatisfy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disappointing, disgruntling, displeasing, failing, disaffecting, discontenting, cheating, disquieting, exasperating, letting down, failing to satisfy, leaving dissatisfied, giving cause for complaint, upsetting, annoying, angering, disillusioning, irritating, irking, frustrating, disenchanting, vexing, peeving, bothering, disturbing, discomposing, aggravating, antagonizing, embittering, perturbing, antagonising, galling, riling, nettling, turning off, piquing, bugging, offending, narking, envenoming, outraging, provoking, dismaying, agitating, alienating, souring, estranging, disgusting, hacking off, chagrining … more
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