"unsatisfactory" meaning in English

See unsatisfactory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/ Audio: en-us-unsatisfactory.ogg [US] Forms: more unsatisfactory [comparative], most unsatisfactory [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktəɹi Etymology: un- + satisfactory Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|satisfactory}} un- + satisfactory Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsatisfactory (comparative more unsatisfactory, superlative most unsatisfactory)
  1. Inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory. Derived forms: unsatisfactoriness Translations (inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory): insatisfactoriu (Asturian), нездавальня́ючы (njezdavalʹnjájučy) (Belarusian), незадоволителен (nezadovolitelen) (Bulgarian), insatisfactori (Catalan), 不满足的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不尽人意的 (Chinese Mandarin), utilfredsstillende (Danish), malkontentiga (Esperanto), mitterahuldav (Estonian), epätyydyttävä (Finnish), insatisfaisant (French), insatisfactorio [masculine] (Galician), არადამაკმაყოფილებელი (aradamaḳmaq̇opilebeli) (Georgian), elégtelen (Hungarian), nem kielégítő (Hungarian), utilfredsstillende (Norwegian Bokmål), niezadowalający (Polish), insatisfatório (Portuguese), неудовлетвори́тельный (neudovletvorítelʹnyj) (Russian), insatisfactorio (Spanish), otillfredsställande (Swedish), అసంతృప్తికరమైన (asantr̥ptikaramaina) (Telugu), незадові́льний (nezadovílʹnyj) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "epätyydyttävä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "insatisfaisant"
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      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "არადამაკმაყოფილებელი"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "nem kielégítő"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "utilfredsstillende"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "niezadowalający"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "insatisfatório"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "неудовлетвори́тельный"
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      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "insatisfactorio"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "otillfredsställande"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "asantr̥ptikaramaina",
      "sense": "inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory",
      "word": "అసంతృప్తికరమైన"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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