dissatisfactory, a.
(dɪssætɪsˈfæktərɪ)
[f. dis- 10 + satisfactory.]
Not satisfactory; causing dissatisfaction or discontent; unsatisfactory; ‘unable to give content’ (J.).
| c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 109 Things which..were dissatisfactory to her Subjects. 1779 T. Jefferson Let. Writ. (1893) II. 189 Their conduct..has been so dissatisfactory to the French minister that [etc.]. 1846 Thackeray Crit. Rev. Wks. 1886 XXIII. 96, I don't know anything more dissatisfactory and absurd. |
Hence dissatisˈfactoriness, the quality or condition of being dissatisfactory.
| 1677 Hale Contempl. ii. 5 The shortness and uncertainty of sensible Enjoyments..their Poorness, Emptiness, Insufficiency, Dissatisfactoriness. |