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unsatisˈfaction
[un-1 12 and 5 b.]
1. Absence of satisfaction.
1643Digby Observ. Relig. Med. (1644) 36 Nor have [I] any unsatisfaction in believing there are Spirits. 1675T. Plume Life Hacket in Hacket Cent. Serm. p. xliii, He thought the permission of conventicles did shew great irresolution and unsatisfaction in the truth. 1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xxx, An earnestness that searched through all things even to unsatisfaction and scepticism. 1880Carpenter in Mod. Review I. 49 The unsatisfaction (if I may revive an obsolete word) of resting in any inherent ‘potency’ of Matter as the ultima ratio of the existing Kosmos.
†2. Unsatisfactoriness. Obs.
1645Bp. Hall Remedy Discontents 94 The mean valuation of all these earthly things, for their transitorinesse, unsatisfaction, danger. 1668R. Steele Husbandman's Calling vi. §5 Thence he learns the unsatisfaction of the creature and that God and Heaven are the only rest of the soul. |