How to Use unsatisfactory in a Sentence

unsatisfactory

adjective

• He was fired for unsatisfactory performance.
• The ideas have been rejected as unsatisfactory by the EU many times over the past two years.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• And then the third thing is the dam in poor or unsatisfactory condition.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
• All of these things are true, and Biden’s response is still unsatisfactory.
  — Michael McGough Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• But the show has also been plagued by the poor weather, and some of the sound crew walked off the job one night, complaining of unsafe and unsatisfactory working conditions in the rain.
  — Abby Carney, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
• That offer was deemed unsatisfactory by Fulham, who rejected the move and managed to keep hold of one half of the Sessegnon duo.
  — SI.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• This can give shoppers a better sense of how clothes fit them, reducing the risk of buying items that don't fit or are unsatisfactory.
  — Saul Maslavi, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• Lori Alhadeff, who asked the board to fire Runcie last year, gave him an unsatisfactory rating again this year.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• Right now, the current standard of care to treat mental health is unsatisfactory.
  — Jill Griffin, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• To its credit, NIST realizes how deep the problem is and how crude and unsatisfactory many of our approaches to solving it are so far.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 May 2022
• The offer has been deemed 'unsatisfactory', however, with Milan holding out for at least €25m, after forking out €38m to sign him in the first place.
  — SI.com, 3 July 2019
• The suspense built in his books never lead to an unsatisfactory ending.
  — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• The only way to ever be able to understand what's unsatisfactory about it is to step back from the technology and look at us as a species, to look at us as a planet and ask what is lacking.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 31 Aug. 2020
• But there has long been another unsatisfactory aspect to the spring hearings process – low turnout.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
• Focusing on the art while skimping on the life can be equally unsatisfactory.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• Rising food prices have made grocery store trips stressful and unsatisfactory, even for the employed.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
• Having so many players in and out of the rotation (due to injury or unsatisfactory play), the Huskies were constantly tinkering with their style of play.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 25 Dec. 2021
• If the new itinerary is unsatisfactory, Delta will offer refunds or work with passengers to find flights that meet their needs.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
• That process seems to be the issue the commission has with Twitter’s unsatisfactory report.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
• About two-thirds of the public stations in the world deliver a charge below 22 kW, offering an unsatisfactory charge speed.
  — Nastasya Savina, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• An unsatisfactory run of results against very beatable teams will have left Emery with a bitter taste in the mouth, especially given the performances his side have been putting in.
  — SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Since the rebuild, Oroville Dam has moved from unsatisfactory, the worst ranking on the rating scale, to fair, which is the second highest behind satisfactory.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 2 Feb. 2020
• The calm acceptance of that fact by the Copenhagen interpretation seems to some, and with good reason, to be far too unsatisfactory and complacent.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2018
• This is clearly an unsatisfactory conclusion to the story for Apple fans that expected the feature to be available on their new phones.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 Jan. 2022
• The poll shows Biden’s unsatisfactory statistic is slightly worse than his overall job approval, as 60% of U.S. adults disapprove of the way Biden is handling his job as president.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2023
• Trump deemed the smaller crowd unsatisfactory, aides said.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 5 June 2018
• Our fears can keep us from moving forward as the Moon opposes uncertain Neptune, but if the old way is unsatisfactory, change is inevitable.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• Coming off of an unsatisfactory season, Brown knows fans talk about low expectations for the Minutemen, but his tactic is to block out the noise and focus on his players.
  — Lauren Thomas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• The new rules still unsatisfactory to the president's critics.
  — ABC News, 14 May 2023
• The guidance for this patch is different—and rather unsatisfactory.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024