dissatisfy

[ dis-sat-is-fahy ]

/ dɪsˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪ /

to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.

Origin of dissatisfy

First recorded in 1660–70; dis-¹ + satisfy

Mr. Pope had reason to be dissatisfy'd with the O in the second Line, and to reject it; for Homer has nothing of it.

Letters Concerning Poetical Translations |William Benson
The alarming way that each one did not throw away what was taken away did not dissatisfy every one.

Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein |Gertrude Stein
I hope I've done nothing to dissatisfy any of the tenants, least of all you, sir.

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling
Peter, very soon after our engagement you began to dissatisfy me because I realized that I should never satisfy you.

The Dull Miss Archinard |Anne Douglas Sedgwick

They always embarrass those who give them, and dissatisfy those who receive them.

Reflections |Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

dissatisfy

/ (dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪ) /

(tr) to fail to satisfy; disappoint