malcontented

adjective

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as in discontented

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  1. discontented
  2. dissatisfied
  3. malcontent
  4. disgruntled
  5. disaffected
  6. unhappy
Adjective
  • The study also found something interesting: Happy workers do not work more hours than their discontented colleagues.
    Evan Edwards, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • And yet Kidman has been more visible than ever in 2024, making a five-course meal out of what can be described only as variations on the theme of the discontented matriarch.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of discontented
Adjective
  • This view was famously articulated by Alfred Adler, who saw ambition as the inability to be satisfied with one’s achievements, or the ability to remain always dissatisfied with them.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, its parent company, UnitedHealth Group (UHG), has faced criticism from dissatisfied patients who claim that the insurer denied essential care coverage.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of dissatisfied
Adjective
  • The South West is a healing mecca for artists and malcontent media sorts, new age travelers, purveyors of crystals and surfers seeking budget California on the beaches of the Cornish Atlantic.
    Crispin Hunt, Billboard, 22 May 2019
  • But prominent leaders — not least, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany — warned that a jilted European Union would be in no mood to extend Britain a rewarding deal, lest other malcontent members take encouragement to go for the exits.
    PETER S. GOODMAN, New York Times, 23 June 2016
Definition of malcontent
Adjective
  • All is going well for Prince Leopold (Stephen Hagan), who has just revealed his royal identity to his new fiancée (Lacey Chabert), a seamstress from Philadelphia, until their plans to marry hit a snag in the form of his disgruntled mother, Queen Isadora (Jane Seymour).
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Rather than acknowledging the concerns about their programs, many of them dismissed the players and coaches who criticized them as disgruntled.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of disgruntled
Adjective
  • For a guide, leaders should look to the three-fold approach in Somalia: eliminating leaders; depriving combatants of operational space and funds; and bringing disaffected individuals into the governmental fold.
    Paul Hidalgo, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2014
  • But the findings also suggest that Trump’s conviction is one more weakness among disaffected Republicans.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2024
Definition of disaffected
Adjective
  • Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of unhappy
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