Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Discontented; dissatisfied: as, “the malecontented multitude,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Malcontent.
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- adjective
malcontent
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Examples
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I LOVE him today because if it wern't for him, I'd be getting nothing on my vacation and then I would be malcontented which is no fun for anyone.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004
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It was a small sample, just 664 respondents; and it was self-selecting, which tends to skew any poll towards the malcontented, and thus exaggerate the negative.
David Cameron's pledge to protect NHS clouded by emerging reality of cuts 2011
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It isn't a locker-room housecleaning of any malcontented players.
Rex Ryan's Solution: Rex Ryan Football Mike Sielski 2012
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The man is a popular and articulate Pro Bowler who's spent much of his career on losing teams, and week after week, callers virtually invite Cooley to rant about the Redskins' offense, the Redskins' recent history, the Redskins' quarterback, the Redskins' locker-room culture, the Redskins' front-office structure, the Redskins' past coaching staffs, the Redskins' malcontented overpaid defensive tackles, and the price of corn futures in northern Utah.
Chris Cooley might be getting frustrated maybe Dan Steinberg 2010
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I thought it was genious writing ingeniously executed, whether or not it contained reveals or ‘progressed the plot’ or satisfied the eternally malcontented fans …
The Tail Section » Lost Pull’s a ‘Prisoner’ with Expose 2007
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Izzys contention was that foie gras production is like any other kind of farming, and a malcontented worker could abuse animals anywhere.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Many mothers are malcontented because there are real limitation to the ways you can live your life as a mother -- economic, practical.
Melissa Silverstein: Interview with Katherine Dieckmann, Director of Motherhood 2009
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She is neither challenging herself nor accepting the limitations of what her reality is and that has a lot to do with malcontent and nobody likes a malcontented person.
Melissa Silverstein: Interview with Katherine Dieckmann, Director of Motherhood 2009
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Izzys contention was that foie gras production is like any other kind of farming, and a malcontented worker could abuse animals anywhere.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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The best ones are the driven ones -- sometimes they're the malcontented ones, granted -- and they stick around.
Cable Neuhaus: Journalism Schools Can't Hurt, But Can They Really Help? 2008
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