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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Middle English satisfien Middle English satisfyed English satisfied English unsatisfied From un- + satisfied.
Meanings
- Not satisfied, especially with the quantity of something; dissatisfied; uncontented.
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Not gratified; not having been fulfilled or met.
I made no answer, for I could not - especially before Leo - tell her that since I had seen her face I knew that it would always be before my eyes, and that I had no wish to prolong an existence which must always be haunted and tortured by her memory, and by the last bitterness of unsatisfied love.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| most unsatisfied | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unsatisfied | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |