On the whole, the result was unsatisfactory.
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Unsatisfactory
//ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "unsatisfactory" (67 found)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
12 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 22 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- insatisfactoriu adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Belarusian
1 entries- нездавальня́ючы adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Bulgarian
1 entries- незадоволителен adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Catalan
1 entries- insatisfactori adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不尽人意的 adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
- 不满足的 adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Danish
1 entries- utilfredsstillende adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Dutch
1 entries- onbevredigend adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkontentiga adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Estonian
1 entries- mitterahuldav adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Finnish
1 entries- epätyydyttävä adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
French
1 entries- insatisfaisant adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Galician
1 entries- insatisfactorio adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Georgian
1 entries- არადამაკმაყოფილებელი adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Hungarian
2 entries- elégtelen adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
- nem kielégítő adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utilfredsstillende adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Polish
1 entries- niezadowalający adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Portuguese
1 entries- insatisfatório adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Russian
1 entries- неудовлетвори́тельный adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Spanish
1 entries- insatisfactorio adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Swedish
1 entries- otillfredsställande adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Telugu
1 entries- అసంతృప్తికరమైన adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Ukrainian
1 entries- незадові́льний adj (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I find the plan to be unsatisfactory in several ways.
Source: tatoeba (48542)
Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.
Source: tatoeba (53511)
The result was unsatisfactory to him.
Source: tatoeba (238612)
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