Dissatisfactory

  

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Dissatisfactory

Definition: Dissatisfactory

Dissatisfactory

Adjective

1. Not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Dissatisfactory

Synonyms: disappointing (adj), unsatisfying (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Dissatisfactory

Language Translations for "dissatisfactory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i pakënaqshëm (unsatisfactory, unsatisfying), i mërzitshëm (annoying, boring, bothersome, corny, dead alive, depressing, dreary, dry, dull, fatiguing, fierce, pesky, plaguesome, pragmatical, slow, tedious, tiresome, weariful, wearisome, weary). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

незадоволителен (ill, inadequate, lame, lamentable, meager, meagre, sour, unsatisfactory). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nespokojený (disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, displeasing, dissatisfied, malcontent, non-content, uncontented, unfulfilled, unhappy, unsatisfied). (various references)

   

German

  

unbefriedigend (dissatisfying, unsatisfactorily, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unsatisfyingly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elégtelen (below the line, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, underdose, unsatisfactory). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tak memuaskan. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

けない (not acceptable, unapprovable). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いた けない (not acceptable, unapprovable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

issatisfactoryday

   

Portuguese

  

descontente (acidulated, disaffected, discontent, discontented, disgruntled be, impatient, malcontent, snuffy, sorehead, unsatisfied), descontentamento (complain, discontent, discontiguous, disgust, displeasure), medíocre (average, bush league, mediocre, middle sized, Midge, poor, run of the mill, so so, undistinguished, unsatisfactory), insuficiente (inadhesive, inelaborate, insufficient memory, narrow, scant, scanty, scarce, short, slim, starveling, unsatisfying, wanting), insatisfeito (dissatisfied, fretful, inscribe, unsatisfied). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неудовлетворительный (dissatisfied, unsatisfactory). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nezadovoljavajući (unsatisfactory). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de insatisfacción, no satisfactorio. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

otillfredsställande (dusty, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tatmin etmeyen, hoşnutsuz eden. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

незадовільний (unsatisfactory, unsatisfying). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

l m bất mãn (displeasing), không l m thoả mãn, không l m h i lòng, không l m bằng lòng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Dissatisfactory

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-f-i-i-o-r-s-s-s-t-t-y"

-3 letters: satisfactory.

-5 letters: dissatisfy, dyscrasias, satyriasis.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Dissatisfactory


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 73 73 61 74 69 73 66 61 63 74 6F 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    ...    .-    -    ..    ...    ..-.    .-    -.-.    -    ---    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110011 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#115 &#115 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#115 &#102 &#97 &#99 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0073 0073 0061 0074 0069 0073 0066 0061 0063 0074 006F 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

387585856786758572676986818491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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