Usually means: Not meeting expected standards, inadequate.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word unsatisfactory:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. unsatisfactory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unsatisfactory: Merriam-Webster
  3. unsatisfactory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unsatisfactory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unsatisfactory: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unsatisfactory: Vocabulary.com
  7. Unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory: Wordnik
  8. unsatisfactory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. unsatisfactory: Wiktionary
  10. unsatisfactory: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. unsatisfactory: Dictionary.com
  12. unsatisfactory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. unsatisfactory: Rhymezone
  14. unsatisfactory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. unsatisfactory: FreeDictionary.org
  16. unsatisfactory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. unsatisfactory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unsatisfactory: Legal dictionary

(Note: See unsatisfactorily as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory.

Similar:
unacceptable, bad, unsatisfying, dissatisfactory, failing, disappointing, off, insufficient, nonsatisfying, undersatisfied, more...

Opposite:
satisfactory, excellent, commendable, superb, outstanding

Phrases:
feel unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory things, opposite of unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory automobile, more...

Adjectives:
satisfactory, less, correct, most, very, oral

Colors:
    brown,     gray,     dull red,     mustard yellow,     olive green, more...



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Similar:
unacceptable, bad, unsatisfying, dissatisfactory, failing, disappointing, off, insufficient, nonsatisfying, undersatisfied, more...

Opposite:
satisfactory, excellent, commendable, superb, outstanding

Phrases:
feel unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory things, opposite of unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory automobile, more...

Adjectives:
satisfactory, less, correct, most, very, oral

Colors:
    brown,     gray,     dull red,     mustard yellow,     olive green, more...



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