Usually means: Fails to meet expectations adequately.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word unsatisfying:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. unsatisfying: Merriam-Webster
  2. unsatisfying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unsatisfying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. unsatisfying: Vocabulary.com
  5. Unsatisfying, unsatisfying: Wordnik
  6. unsatisfying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. unsatisfying: Wiktionary
  8. unsatisfying: Dictionary.com
  9. unsatisfying: Rhymezone
  10. unsatisfying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. unsatisfying: FreeDictionary.org
  12. unsatisfying: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. unsatisfying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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▸ adjective:  Not providing satisfaction.

Similar:
unsatisfactory, dissatisfactory, disappointing, nonsatisfying, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unsatisfied, undersatisfied, unsatisfiable, nonsatisfied, more...

Opposite:
satisfying, fulfilling, gratifying, rewarding, enjoyable

Types:
unsatisfactory, unsat, unsatifactory, more...

Phrases:
watery and unsatisfying breakfast, completely unsatisfying, unsatisfying situation, more...

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Similar:
unsatisfactory, dissatisfactory, disappointing, nonsatisfying, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unsatisfied, undersatisfied, unsatisfiable, nonsatisfied, more...

Opposite:
satisfying, fulfilling, gratifying, rewarding, enjoyable

Types:
unsatisfactory, unsat, unsatifactory, more...

Phrases:
watery and unsatisfying breakfast, completely unsatisfying, unsatisfying situation, more...



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