1. unsatisfying - Adjective
2. unsatisfying - Adjective Satellite
not up to expectations
Source: WordNetWithout the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. J. Paul Getty
Painful feeling is suffering in itself; pleasant feeling brings suffering through its transiency and its unsatisfying and unsatisfactory nature. Nyanaponika Thera
If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct. Helen Vendler
Life is complicated. It's filled with nuance. It's unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt. Anthony Bourdain
A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell. Mitch Albom
Amending your own mind is very, very satisfying... amending other people's minds is a fruitless, unsatisfying effort. Richard Bergland