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Thesaurus: dissatisfactory

Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.

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  1. a. Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.
  2. adj. not up to expectations
  3. Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing. To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States, as difficult for the Convention. A. Hamilton. -- Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.
  4. Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content;unsatisfactory; displeasing.To have reduced the different qualifications in the different Statesto one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory tosome of the States, as difficult for the Convention. A. Hamilton.-- Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.
  5. s not up to expectations