unsatisfied

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/ UK /ʌnˈsætɪsfaɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not content or fulfilled

Customers left unsatisfied with the meager portions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not content or fulfilled discontenteddispleased unfulfilled disgruntled unappeased

Opposites

satisfied content fulfilled pleased

Word family

Related forms satisfy satisfied satisfaction unsatisfactory

Etymology

From un- ('not') + satisfied, from satisfy, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere ('to do enough'), from satis ('enough') + facere ('to do').

un- Old English satis Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unsatisfied

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈsætɪsfaɪd/

## Meanings
1. not content or fulfilled

## Examples
- Customers left unsatisfied with the meager portions.

## Synonyms
- discontented
- displeased
- unfulfilled
- disgruntled
- unappeased

## Antonyms
- satisfied
- content
- fulfilled
- pleased

## Related Forms
- satisfy
- satisfied
- satisfaction
- unsatisfactory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: satis

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + satisfied, from satisfy, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere ('to do enough'), from satis ('enough') + facere ('to do').

## AI Etymology
Unsatisfied comes from un- ('not') + satisfied, from satisfy, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere ('to do enough'), from satis ('enough') + facere ('to do'). In current use it is an adjective meaning "not content or fulfilled". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The prefix un- is negative or privative, marking the absence, denial, or opposite of the base idea. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Old English un- and Latin satis. Related English forms include satisfy, satisfied, satisfaction, and unsatisfactory. As a result, the modern word is best read as a negative, privative, or reversative formation built on a historically older base.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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