unsatisfactory love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not satisfactory; inadequate.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not satisfactory; not satisfying; not giving satisfaction.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not giving satisfaction

Etymologies

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un- +‎ satisfactory

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Examples

  • Either she, or he himself, must, on reflection, have judged the title unsatisfactory, for no edition of his works ever bore this name.

    Balzac 2003

  • Either she, or he himself, must, on reflection, have judged the title unsatisfactory, for no edition of his works ever bore this name.

    Balzac Frederick Lawton

  • The nominated members, even if they were representative of the minority, would never have had the same authority or influence as they would have had as members duly elected by the votes of the minority; and even if we admit the special difficulties attending the representation of minorities in Ireland the solution proposed by Mr. Birrell was in every sense of the term unsatisfactory, and obviously of

    Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys

  • Either she, or he himself, must, on reflection, have judged the title unsatisfactory, for no edition of his works ever bore this name.

    Balzac Lawton, Frederick 1910

  • She explained that, contrary to rumors of rampant promiscuity among college coeds, the new dating convention instead tended to trap girls in unsatisfactory long-term relationships.

    College Girls 2007

  • She explained that, contrary to rumors of rampant promiscuity among college coeds, the new dating convention instead tended to trap girls in unsatisfactory long-term relationships.

    College Girls 2007

  • She explained that, contrary to rumors of rampant promiscuity among college coeds, the new dating convention instead tended to trap girls in unsatisfactory long-term relationships.

    College Girls 2007

  • She explained that, contrary to rumors of rampant promiscuity among college coeds, the new dating convention instead tended to trap girls in unsatisfactory long-term relationships.

    College Girls 2007

  • She explained that, contrary to rumors of rampant promiscuity among college coeds, the new dating convention instead tended to trap girls in unsatisfactory long-term relationships.

    College Girls 2007

  • She explained that, contrary to rumors of rampant promiscuity among college coeds, the new dating convention instead tended to trap girls in unsatisfactory long-term relationships.

    College Girls 2007

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