Synonyms
Examples of unsatisfactory in a Sentence
He was fired for unsatisfactory performance.
an unsatisfactory first attempt at building a birdhouse
Recent Examples on the Web
The climate report found that 97% of national parks suffer from significant or unsatisfactory air pollution levels and 98% suffer from haze pollution.
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
However, the recent report found 97% of national parks are still experiencing significant or unsatisfactory levels of concern from air pollution.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
One unsatisfactory resolution to this conundrum is that maybe Enceladus just got lucky: Radioactivity could explain an early portion of its oceanic past, and its dance with Dione a more recent episode.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
In December 2019, the union went on strike over unsatisfactory pay, and some buses ran on a reduced schedule.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Medical services, like billing disputes or unsatisfactory service.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
Even McKinsey, the renowned management consulting firm, has placed more than three thousand of its employees on notice for unsatisfactory performance.
—Stephen Miles, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Matrimony and domesticity at the time were considered part of the basic life path for women and the idea that a wife could find these things unsatisfactory and abandon her husband and children went down about as easily as the notion of a portly, irritable reality TV show host running for president.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
Condition: The category that best describes the condition of the dam based on available information, using a four-level scale: Satisfactory, fair, poor, and unsatisfactory.
—Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
However, the recent report found 97% of national parks are still experiencing significant or unsatisfactory levels of concern from air pollution.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
One unsatisfactory resolution to this conundrum is that maybe Enceladus just got lucky: Radioactivity could explain an early portion of its oceanic past, and its dance with Dione a more recent episode.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
In December 2019, the union went on strike over unsatisfactory pay, and some buses ran on a reduced schedule.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Medical services, like billing disputes or unsatisfactory service.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
Even McKinsey, the renowned management consulting firm, has placed more than three thousand of its employees on notice for unsatisfactory performance.
—Stephen Miles, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Matrimony and domesticity at the time were considered part of the basic life path for women and the idea that a wife could find these things unsatisfactory and abandon her husband and children went down about as easily as the notion of a portly, irritable reality TV show host running for president.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
Condition: The category that best describes the condition of the dam based on available information, using a four-level scale: Satisfactory, fair, poor, and unsatisfactory.
—Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
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“Unsatisfactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsatisfactory. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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