Synonyms for unsatisfactory
ˌʌn sæt ɪsˈfæk tə riun·sat·is·fac·to·ry

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1. unsatisfactory

   Synonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Antonyms:
   able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable

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1. unsatisfactoryadjective

   not giving satisfaction

   "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"

   Antonyms:
   satisfying, comforting, tolerable, copesettic, adequate, right, passable, alright, copacetic, copasetic, hunky-dory, passing(a), all right, copesetic, okay, ok, cheering, o.k., fine, satisfactory, fair to middling

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1. unsatisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   insufficient, not satisfactory

2. unsatisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   lame, poor, weak, feeble

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1. unsatisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   disappointing, insufficient

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1. List of paraphrases for "unsatisfactory":

   inadequate, satisfactory, insufficient, disappointing, dissatisfied, poor, undesirable, frustrating

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1. Pete King:

   To me it was an unsatisfactory answer, it is such an unprecedented action to be to only be taken for very, very serious issues. And the speaker said it was just because certain people said he was not complying with their request or was not giving good counsel. I never heard that from anyone. Anyone who I know who deals with him has the highest regard for him.

2. John Dewey:

   It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing. We find it easier to add a new study or course or kind of school than to recognize existing conditions so as to meet the need.

3. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   The China-Japan relations are still vulnerable and unsatisfactory.

4. John Sturart Mill, Defence of Hedonism:

   Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.

5. George Eliot:

   When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.