Meanings
adjectiveunsatisfying (comparative more unsatisfying, superlative most unsatisfying)
comparative more unsatisfying · superlative most unsatisfying
- Not providing satisfaction.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectivenot up to expectations
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishsatisfying
- Englishunsatisfying
From un- + satisfying.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan insatisfactori
- insatisfactorinot providing satisfaction
Finnish tyydyttämätön, epätyydyttävä
- tyydyttämätönnot providing satisfaction
- epätyydyttävänot providing satisfaction
French insatisfaisant
- insatisfaisantnot providing satisfaction
German unbefriedigend
- unbefriedigendnot providing satisfaction
Italian insoddisfacente
- insoddisfacentenot providing satisfaction
Polish niezadowalający
- niezadowalającynot providing satisfaction
Portuguese insatisfatório
- insatisfatórionot providing satisfaction
Spanish insatisfactorio
- insatisfactorionot providing satisfaction
Cite this entry
APA
unsatisfying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsatisfying
MLA
“unsatisfying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsatisfying. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsatisfying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsatisfying.
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