Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not satisfied; not gratified to the full: as, unsatisfied appetites or desires. Not content; not pleased; dissatisfied.
- Not fully informed; not convinced or fully persuaded.
- Not paid; unpaid; undischarged: as, an unsatisfied bill or account.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
satisfied , especially with thequantity of something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not having been satisfied
- adjective worried and uneasy
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Examples
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Registry Trust records show that Mr Ali is yet to settle a £61,500 "unsatisfied" - or unpaid - county court judgement made against him in 2007.
BBC News - Home 2010
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I think the ’something’ missing or unsatisfied is deeper than gender roles per se, and that characters just happen to express it in gendered terms out of convenience and incidental overlap b/w feeling ‘emasculation’ and feeling general loss of control over one’s life as a human being.
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HERMES: I love the matter-of-fact way she sings, I'll always be unsatisfied, which is a fine example of how great country — besides twangy hooks and snappy wordplay — often shares confidences like unguarded bar conversations.
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We expressed an absolute and devoted willingness to give him three dollars, but explained our wretched luck that compelled his desire to remain unsatisfied.
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We expressed an absolute and devoted willingness to give him three dollars, but explained our wretched luck that compelled our desire to remain unsatisfied.
Bulls 1907
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We expressed an absolute and devoted willingness to give him three dollars, but explained our wretched luck that compelled our desire to remain unsatisfied.
Bulls 1907
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This might be one of the reasons why 58% of heads said they had failed to garner support for the diplomas from local employers and were 'unsatisfied' by the interest businesses had shown in them.
Archive 2008-01-01 Jonathan 2008
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This might be one of the reasons why 58% of heads said they had failed to garner support for the diplomas from local employers and were 'unsatisfied' by the interest businesses had shown in them.
Headteachers' views on the new 14-19 diplomas | Schools special reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk Jonathan 2008
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Doyle - the ending left you "unsatisfied" for a good reason.
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But I had work -- I did not know in my dream what that work was -- only that it sufficed to keep body and soul together, but after it was done I was weak and weary, a kind of unsatisfied despondency gnawing at my heart.
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