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UNSATISFACTORINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unsatisfactoriness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unsatisfactoriness"):
inadequacy; inadequateness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)
perishability; perishableness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction)
unacceptability; unacceptableness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards)
Antonym:
satisfactoriness (the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement)
Derivation:
unsatisfactory (not giving satisfaction)
