How to Use dissatisfy in a Sentence

dissatisfy

verb

• She was dissatisfied by the poor service.
• Just eight per cent said that they were dissatisfied, while three per cent were upset.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2019
• By the time Christie won his second term in 2013, polls showed that voters were dissatisfied with his handling of the issue.
  — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• But that may change since consumers have been dissatisfied with them.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2018
• The wacky rookie camp tryout dissatisfied them so much that they were compelled to trade for Pineiro.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2019
• Epstein and Lee found that users were also dissatisfied by the apps’ one-size-fits-all approach.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 May 2017
• At the time, Jens was not alone in being dissatisfied with his paycheck from Mojang.
  — Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson, Wired News, 2 June 2015
• As for how the red sole came to be, Louboutin said he was dissatisfied with the look of a shoe, snagged some red nail polish from a coworker and painted one sole red.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 19 May 2017
• Bridges, who began wearing a jacket and tie at age four, was dissatisfied with the selection of bow ties for the younger set.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2014
• Marghitas said the county health department told him the same thing but that he was dissatisfied with the answer.
  — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 18 Mar. 2020
• There was plenty to nitpick about the 1-1 tie with the Bearcats and, as all teams aspiring to greatness do, Xavier found plenty to be dissatisfied about.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Even so, there was always something about the finished print that dissatisfied him.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• And an overwhelming 85% of Mexicans said they were dissatisfied with the way things are in their own country.
  — Emanuella Grinberg, CNN, 14 Sep. 2017
• Eighty-three percent of Democrats are dissatisfied with the gap between the wealthy and the poor, compared with 43 percent of Republicans.
  — Juana Summers, The Seattle Times, 25 Oct. 2018
• Dissatisfied with what was on the market, Chanel launched her first lip color collection in 1924.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 3 July 2017
• Rauner also has been long dissatisfied with Emanuel for not taking a harsher stand against the Chicago Teachers Union.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
• Since then, customers have only been able to bring back or exchange items they were dissatisfied with for a year after purchase.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2018
• Nine percent were dissatisfied, while the rest were neutral or didn’t express an opinion.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• Africk wrote that while some progress had been made during Maynard's tenure, he was dissatisfied with the pace of it and continued lack of compliance.
  — Emily Lane, NOLA.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The survey found 52% of respondents were dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the virus outbreak.
  — Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
• Ternan said his clients were dissatisfied that the city staff was trying to lock the Council into a yes or no vote on a specific replacement plan.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 18 July 2019
• In a few cases, companies unhappy with how their drug was graded or dissatisfied with the price have pulled out of the German market.
  — Noam N. Levey, latimes.com, 19 June 2019
• More than four in 10 are dissatisfied with their health care costs and say affording basic medical care is a hardship.
  — Zak Hudak, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2019
• Meanwhile, in the larger, 2014 study, male teachers were three times as likely as female teachers to say they were dissatisfied with teaching.
  — Amanda Ripley, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2017
• Two members of a planning group from 2017 are dissatisfied today.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2019
• But the plaintiffs’ attorney, Jack Ternan, said Friday that his clients were dissatisfied with where things stood coming out of that meeting.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 19 July 2019
• Democrats said that they were dissatisfied with worker protections in the bill, which was written by Republicans, and that the rules on corporate bailouts are too lax.
  — NBC News, 23 Mar. 2020
• Marshall said last year that he was dissatisfied with his play after totaling 52 tackles and zero sacks in 11 games.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, The Denver Post, 1 June 2017
• They’ve been dissatisfied with the state of the country for 20 years, but for the most part the campaign season hasn’t been focused on solutions to customary longstanding problems.
  — Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• The axis of upheaval represents a new center of gravity, a group that other countries dissatisfied with the existing order can turn to.
  — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024