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'The Stepford Wives' was too big, and it was unsatisfying to do. Not that it was unsatisfying to do, but it was unsatisfying as a result because, as much as I loved parts of it, and I'm really proud of so much of it, the entire movie wasn't what I wanted it to be. It's my own fault; I didn't follow my instincts.
Frank Oz

Meaning of "unsatisfying" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSATISFYING

unsatisfying  [ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSATISFYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unsatisfying is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNSATISFYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unsatisfying in the English dictionary

The definition of unsatisfying in the dictionary is not fulfilling or satisfactory.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSATISFYING


buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
edifying
ˈedɪfaɪɪŋ
electrifying
ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
gratifying
ˈɡrætɪˌfaɪɪŋ
horrifying
ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
mortifying
ˈmɔːtɪfaɪɪŋ
mystifying
ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪɪŋ
petrifying
ˈpɛtrɪfaɪɪŋ
preachifying
ˈpriːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
qualifying
ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ
satisfying
ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ
scarifying
ˈskɛərɪˌfaɪɪŋ
speechifying
ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
stultifying
ˈstʌltɪfaɪɪŋ
stupefying
ˈstjuːpɪˌfaɪɪŋ
terrifying
ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unedifying
ʌnˈɛdɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unifying
ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ
unterrifying
ʌnˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSATISFYING

unsatable
unsated
unsatiable
unsating
unsatirical
unsatisfaction
unsatisfactory
unsatisfiable
unsatisfied
unsatisfiedness
unsaturate
unsaturated
unsaturation
unsaved
unsavorily
unsavoriness
unsavourily
unsavouriness
unsavoury
unsawn

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSATISFYING

accompanying
annoying
bullying
copying
crying
drying
dying
laying
lying
magnifying
outlying
paying
playing
praying
role playing
role-playing
saying
self-justifying
underlying
varying

Synonyms and antonyms of unsatisfying in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «unsatisfying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSATISFYING

Find out the translation of unsatisfying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unsatisfying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unsatisfying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

未能如愿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insatisfactorio
570 millions of speakers

English

unsatisfying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाकाफी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مرضية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неудовлетворительным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insatisfatório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসন্তুষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insuffisant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak memuaskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbefriedigend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

満足のいかない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불만족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unsatisfying
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không làm vừa lòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருப்தியற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असमाधानी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yetersiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insoddisfacente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niesatysfakcjonujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незадовільним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nesatisfăcător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανικανοποίητος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbevredigende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otillfredsställande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utilfredsstillende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unsatisfying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSATISFYING»

The term «unsatisfying» is regularly used and occupies the 78.233 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSATISFYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unsatisfying

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4 QUOTES WITH «UNSATISFYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unsatisfying.
1
Jim Broadbent
In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
2
J. Paul Getty
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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Frank Oz
'The Stepford Wives' was too big, and it was unsatisfying to do. Not that it was unsatisfying to do, but it was unsatisfying as a result because, as much as I loved parts of it, and I'm really proud of so much of it, the entire movie wasn't what I wanted it to be. It's my own fault; I didn't follow my instincts.
4
Helen Vendler
If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSATISFYING»

Discover the use of unsatisfying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unsatisfying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Re-engineering of Products and Processes: How to Achieve ...
... Functional feature Performance and customer demand 1 Design and esthetical qualities UF Moderate, barely sufficient 2 Cheapness of the device RES Good, adequate 3 Energy efficiency RES Moderate, unsatisfying 4 Maneuverability, due  ...
Federico Rotini, Yuri Borgianni, Gaetano Cascini, 2012
2
The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism
... access to or ability to give good reasons for such reliability. The main complaint about this externalist response to skepticism is just this: it is philosophically unsatisfying, and that suggests that externalism is false. To understand this reaction, ...
John Greco, 2008
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Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality
the reader that, in my opinion, it is always the 'bad' object (i.e., at this stage, the unsatisfying object) that is internalized in the first instance; for (as already indicated in a footnote) I find it difficult to attach any meaning to the primary ...
W. R. D. Fairbairn, 2013
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Multidisciplinary Studies in Knowledge and Systems Science
A contradiction expresses a mutual interaction of three parameters, such that if an action parameter AP tends to a value V, then an evaluation parameter EP1 changes from an unsatisfying value to a satisfying value and another evaluation ...
Guangfei Yang, 2013
5
Raising Morale and Motivation
Your personal experience probably tells you that unsatisfying work can make people feel dissatisfied with other aspects of the job, and may give rise to moans and petty complaints. Another effect is boredom – resulting in possibly dangerous  ...
Joe Johnson, 1998
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Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2009: 34th ...
Note that Cx has both satisfying assignments and unsatisfying assignments no matter how we assign values to x (ax). The same property holds for Cw since it has the same structure as Cx. Let p = (-up Aw)\/ Cw V xpv(<p) Cx- We now show that ...
Rastislav Královic, Damian Niwinski, 2009
7
Influential Papers from the 1940s: Papers from the Decades ...
I speak here of "the satisfying object" and "the unsatisfying object", rather than of " the good object" and "the bad object", because I consider that, in this connection, the terms "good object" and "bad object" tend to be misleading. They tend to be ...
R. D. Hinshelwood, 2005
8
Object Relations Theory and Practice: An Introduction
The first defence adopted by the original ego to deal with an unsatisfying personal relationship is mental internalization, or introjection, of the unsatisfying object.2 ourselves with these phenomena the more certain did our conviction become ...
David E. Scharff, 1996
9
Arguments and Metaphors in Philosophy
... (2) X-Not cogent V-Satisfying V-Winning (3) V-Cogent X-Unsatisfying V- Winning (4) X-Not cogent X-Unsatisfying V-Winning (5) V-Cogent V-Satisfying X- Losing (6) X-Not cogent V-Satisfying X-Losing (7) V-Cogent X-Unsatisfying X- Losing (8) ...
Daniel Harry Cohen, 2004
10
Human Resource Management - Advanced Level:
Your personal experience probably tells you that unsatisfying work can make people feel dissatisfied with other aspects of the job, and may give rise to moans and petty complaints. In your team you may have observed high absenteeism, with ...
Cambridge International Examinations, Select Knowledge Limited, Jane Read, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSATISFYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unsatisfying is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama's Unsatisfying Answer on Iran
Of all the arguments against this week's deal to restrict Iran's nuclear program, the strongest may be that it has an expiration date. U.S. President Barack Obama ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
2
TV review: ABC Family's 'Stitchers' is sassy but unsatisfying
'Stitchers,' 8 p.m. Tuesdays on ABC Family. Two stars (out of four). A young woman with mental quirks and no social skills turns out to have a remarkable ability ... «STLtoday.com, Jun 15»
3
Judy Putnam: Unsatisfying ending in BWL firing
LANSING The messy firing of J. Peter Lark as general manager of the Lansing Board of Water and Light does not have a satisfying ending. As he took a ... «Lansing State Journal, May 15»
4
Why are ketchup packets so... unsatisfying?
The H.J. Heinz Company says it sells about 11 billion of its nine gram ketchup packets every year. We were directed to examine ketchup packets by Marketplace ... «Marketplace.org, May 15»
5
Don't stay in unsatisfying relationship: Ellie
Don't consider an unsatisfying relationship as your only option. Read Ellie Monday to Saturday. Email ellie@thestar.ca . Ellie chats at noon Wednesdays, ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
6
Andy Sheppard Quartet, Surrounded by Sea, album review …
So why is the album as a whole so unsatisfying? I put it down to the 'Nordic mists' factor, which has been the ruination of many a promising jazz album. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
7
Bloody Yet Unsatisfying, 'Kill Me Three Times' Disappoints But Once
The Australian crime caper Kill Me Three Times feels like a throwback to the country's "Ozploitation" genre films of the 1970s: bloody, low-budget romps through ... «NPR, Apr 15»
8
Hlas: Another unsatisfying 1-night stand for Hawkeyes
Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery reacts to officiating during his team's 67-58 Big Ten tournament loss to Penn State Thursday at the United Center in ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Mar 15»
9
The Order: 1886 Review: Means to an unsatisfying end
I sure like looking at things closely and only being able to interact with them from a removed distance. Hey, this game is perfect for me. «Ars Technica, Feb 15»
10
I have a devoted husband, and a romantic but unsatisfying lover…
A 68-year-old woman, happily married for 40 years, is struggling to end an affair with a poetic lover. Mariella Frostrup says true romance might be under her ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»

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