UNSATISFACTORY in a Sentence

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It is an unsatisfactory arrangement, both for hirer and hired, and is usually in vogue on poor land with hard-pressed owners.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNSATISFACTORY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unsatisfactory
 a.  not giving satisfaction; inadequate
Classic Sentence:
1  "A change of scene will be the best thing in the world for her," said the doctor, only too anxious to be rid of an unsatisfactory patient.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  From this unsatisfactory examination, however, he was soon called by a loud and piercing exclamation from Uncas, that sounded, even to the unpracticed ears of Duncan, as the signal of some new and unexpected calamity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
3  For days he made ceaseless calculations, but they were all wondrously unsatisfactory.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  The youth ducked and dodged for a time and achieved a few unsatisfactory views of the enemy.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
5  Every place seemed unsatisfactory, but worst of all was his customary couch in the study.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III
6  It was unsatisfactory everywhere, but the corner behind the piano in the sitting room was better than other places: he had never slept there yet.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III
7  reflections on the unsatisfactory results of the battles at.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER V
8  If, then, we inquire more carefully into these Negro homes, we find much that is unsatisfactory.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
9  It is an unsatisfactory arrangement, both for hirer and hired, and is usually in vogue on poor land with hard-pressed owners.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
10  He was in one of his moods, for the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
11  He certainly was displeased not at so much money being spent, but at being reminded of what he, knowing something was unsatisfactory, wanted to forget.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 2
12  Mary never wrote to Bath herself; all the toil of keeping up a slow and unsatisfactory correspondence with Elizabeth fell on Anne.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
13  That sounds not unsatisfactory.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
Example Sentence:
1  Shops should take back unsatisfactory goods.
2  The inspectors said just under a third of lessons were unsatisfactory.