insatisfaction

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noun

dissatisfaction

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nouninsatisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural insatisfactions)

plural insatisfactions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountabledissatisfaction

    their insatisfaction herein begat that remarkable invention in the funeral pyres of some princes

    1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableinsufficiency; emptiness

    It is a profound contemplation in nature , to consider of the emptiness ( as we may call it ) or insatisfaction of several bodies

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

From in- + satisfaction.

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Translations

Spanish insatisfacción
  • insatisfaccióndissatisfaction
Cite this entry
APA

insatisfaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insatisfaction

MLA

“insatisfaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insatisfaction. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insatisfaction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insatisfaction.

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