insatisfaction

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ satisfaction.

Noun

insatisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural insatisfactions)

1. (obsolete) dissatisfaction
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:

     their insatisfaction herein begat that remarkable invention in the funeral pyres of some princes

2. (obsolete) insufficiency; emptiness
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     It is a profound contemplation in nature , to consider of the emptiness ( as we may call it ) or insatisfaction of several bodies

References

• “insatisfaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

insatisfaction f (plural insatisfactions)

1. insatisfaction

Further reading

• “insatisfaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.