unsatisfactory
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Synonyms
bad, bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy (also crumby), deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, wack [slang], wanting, wretched, wrong
Antonyms
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable
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The ideas have been rejected as unsatisfactory by the EU many times over the past two years. — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, "Macron Pours Cold Water on Johnson’s Optimism Over Brexit Deal," 22 Aug. 2019 But following the collapse of his move to the Italian champions, Inter resumed their interest and submitted another bid to Manchester United, with the last in a series of unsatisfactory offers finally appearing to fit the bill for the Red Devils. — SI.com, "Romelu Lukaku Arrives in Milan as Inter Strike €80m Agreement With Man Utd," 8 Aug. 2019 Anything below 85 is considered unsatisfactory and the cruise line is required to submit a corrective action report to address the issues. — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, "Carnival Fantasy, based in Mobile, fails health inspection; flies, improper sneeze guards cited," 9 Aug. 2019 Anything short of a championship was unsatisfactory. — Jake Fischer, SI.com, "How David Griffin Rebuilt the Pelicans and His World," 1 Aug. 2019 The intelligence committee found that, leading up the election, found that the federal government's communication with the states about the nature and seriousness of the threat was unsatisfactory. — Author: Karoun Demirjian, Colby Itkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, "Russians likely targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate intelligence report says," 25 July 2019 The groups argued that Zinke violated federal regulations because the government failed to consider the Hammonds’ unsatisfactory record or do proper environmental reviews. — Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com, "Federal judge limits Hammond Ranches cattle grazing as case challenging permit proceeds in court," 16 July 2019 The commission found the reasoning provided by the Polish authorities as unsatisfactory. — Washington Post, "EU to implement new monitoring system to enforce rule of law," 18 July 2019 The officer was subsequently fired from the Mesa Police Department, which cited policy violations and unsatisfactory performance as the reasons. — Uriel J. Garcia, azcentral, "Fired ex-Mesa police Officer Philip Brailsford rehired to help him get a public-safety pension," 24 May 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unsatisfactory.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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