unsatisfying

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unsatisfactory | American Dictionary

unsatisfactory
adjective
us/ˌən·sæt̬·əsˈfæk·tə·ri/
not good, or not good enough:
Jacob’s answers were unsatisfactory.

Examples of unsatisfactory

unsatisfactory
However, the publisher reserves the right to typeset material by conventional means if an author's disk proves unsatisfactory.
The unsatisfactory housing of these older people can be expected to have consequences for their physical and psychological well-being.
Staff at different units followed different policies regarding action levels for unsatisfactory results.
The assumption of an exogenously given upper bound on penalties, while widely employed in the literature, is clearly an unsatisfactory feature of models of corruption.
A third way of avoiding unsatisfactory statistics is to confine the area of study to a place for which detailed analyses are possible.
Generally in this area, the performance of the statutory agencies is unsatisfactory.
However, this surveillance system is a heavy burden and remains random and unsatisfactory.
The credibility papers helped to show that when credibility is imperfect, even good orthodox policies could lead to unsatisfactory results.
The publisher reserves the right to typeset material by conventional means if a contributor's disk proves unsatisfactory.
So even if natural theology is intellectually unsatisfactory, religion may still be believable and rational.
This analysis is highly unsatisfactory because the reader is left to believe the historical mistakes of the past have been addressed and eliminated.
For example, given its current state of knowledge, a constraint might have several satisfying points separated by unsatisfactory regions.
We must concede, however, that our attempt to test the hypothesized link between institutionalization and policy transfer under facilitated unilateralism has proved unsatisfactory.
The release of methane from gas hydrate sources is also an unsatisfactory explanation.
Besides, the benefits from the oil economy remained marginal, limited and unsatisfactory to the communities.
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