unsatisfiedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsatᵻsfʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsædəsˌfaɪd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2

1. Not satisfied in respect of something desired; not having obtained all that, or as much as, is wished for:

a. Predicatively, also const. with, †of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective]

unsaught?a1300

unsetea1350

unrestfulc1384

unsatisfiedc1430

discontentc1475

ill content1477

miscontent?1499

uncontentc1503

orpita1525

discontented1531

miscontenteda1533

evil contented1548

repining1565

uncontented1568

unpacified1570

discontentive1578

malcontent1578

ill-contented1582

malcontented1582

unmollified1587

unappeased1594

discontentful1604

discontenting1605

contentlessa1616

ungratifieda1625

insatisfied1643

unsatisfieda1648

unsoothed1648

repineful1655

dissatisfied1675

satisfactionless1841

sore-headed1844

disgruntled1847

sore-head1862

choked1950

dischuffed1975

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied

unstanchedc1374

unsatisfiedc1430

unsufficed?1573

cloylessa1616

unsupplied1616

unfeasted1636

unstilled1648

unpalled1669

unslaked1690

unsated1693

ungorged1700

unsatiated1701

insatiated1727

unjaded1763

meedless1783

unslacked1798

unglutted1814

unsloken1871

unmet1962

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 31 Thou tolde me, frende,..That thou kneuhest one..Unsatisfied a day in tymes twelfe.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss5 So the more they strake, the more vnsatisfied they were with striking.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lx. 135 That the Church..should repell them and see them dye vnsatisfied of these their ghostlie desires.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 167 Ro. O wilt thou leaue me so vnsatisfied? Iuli. What satisfaction canst thou haue to night?

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 55 Though he were vnsatisfied in getting,..yet in bestowing..He was most Princely.

1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius Against Fear of Death in Sylvæ 69 Unsatisfy'd with all that Nature brings; Loathing the present, liking absent things.

1758–63 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 41 His ambition was yet unsatisfied.

1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 457 They were unsatisfied with the composition of the appointed embassy.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 49 To feel a woman's hunger of the heart for ever unsatisfied.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 52 A warning to others of the dangers of being unsatisfied.

b. Attributively.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 50 The Cloyed will: That satiate yet vnsatisfi'd desire.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 279 Casting their unsatisfied eyes upon his countenance, they gratefully reverenced that tender Age.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 84 Raging with unsatisfy'd desire.

1757 S. Foote Author i. 21 You know the unsatisfied Mind of Man, no sooner is one Object possess'd, but another starts up.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. l. 355 Bitter and as yet unsatisfied hatred against Platæa.

1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 168 The deep unrest of unsatisfied souls.

a. Not satisfied in respect of information or knowledge; doubtful, dubious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adjective]

orrathc1175

unsicker?c1225

doubtousc1374

doubtive1393

unsurec1412

uncertained1470

doubtful1509

unassured1528

scriple?a1534

unpersuadeda1535

uncertainc1540

scrupulous1559

unsatisfied1575

unresolved1587

incertaina1616

dubious1632

scrupling1641

hesitant1647

insecure1649

hesitatious1657

uncleara1658

groping1691

doubting1715

dubitative1728

gingerish1764

vague1806

duberous1818

dubitant1821

undecided1828

inconclusive1836

foreheadless1844

titubant1880

convictionless1882

swithering1917

1575 W. Drury in T. Churchyard Chippes f. 38^v At whoes elloquence the heerars rather stoed astonyed than vnsatysfyed in any poynt or parssell.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 292 Report me and my cause a right To the vnsatisfied .

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 187 In submission to future information, we are unsatisfied unto great dubitation.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 95 Others were unsatisfied in the Authenticalness of the instrument, who never did..see the original.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. viii. 276 It will yet leave the Mind in a very unsatisfied State.

†b. Not certain of something. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 593 They mistrusted their Borders, and were unsatisfied of their more inward Garrisons.

a. Not satisfied with some circumstance, result, etc.; dissatisfied, displeased.Common in latter half of the 17th cent.; now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective]

unsaught?a1300

unsetea1350

unrestfulc1384

unsatisfiedc1430

discontentc1475

ill content1477

miscontent?1499

uncontentc1503

orpita1525

discontented1531

miscontenteda1533

evil contented1548

repining1565

uncontented1568

unpacified1570

discontentive1578

malcontent1578

ill-contented1582

malcontented1582

unmollified1587

unappeased1594

discontentful1604

discontenting1605

contentlessa1616

ungratifieda1625

insatisfied1643

unsatisfieda1648

unsoothed1648

repineful1655

dissatisfied1675

satisfactionless1841

sore-headed1844

disgruntled1847

sore-head1862

choked1950

dischuffed1975

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 464 Both Princes remained unsatisfied of the others actions.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 253 Miestas [was] very unsatisfied with his Son's deportments.

1669 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Trevor in Wks. (1720) II. 202 He seemed a good deal unsatisfied that the Spanish Ambassador had received the Advice from England.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 436 Fortune..declar'd that whoever was unsatisfied with their Lot should complain to her.

1795 V. Knox Christian Philos. I. vi. 57 When he is observed, he is ashamed; and when he has done, he is unsatisfied.

1883 American 6 250 Mr. Freeman is..unsatisfied with the review.

†b. Not satisfied by being paid. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > not

unpaid1434

unwaged1538

unpaid1547

lean1581

unhired1617

wagelessa1618

honorary1631

irremunerateda1648

hireless1651

unsatisfied1654

unsalaried1836

non-paid1866

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 130 The short, and long is now no sight so unpleasant as their unsatisfied Doctor.

1796 F. Burney Camilla V. ix. ix. 174 If they [sc. gamesters] were left unsatisfied, the credit of the young man would fall the sacrifice of their ill treatment.

4. Not settled by payment, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > [adjective] > not paid

unyoldena1325

unpaid1371

run1493

unsatisfied1598

unpleased1604

undefrayed1611

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 138 If then..your father will restore, But that one halfe which is vnsatisfied, We will giue vp our right in Aquitaine.

1632 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 483 Howe the same debt was paid..and what is yet behinde and unsatisfied.

1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 114 Upon pain of forfeiture of twenty five Guilders, and the Bill to be accounted unsatisfied.

1763 Act 4 Geo. III c. i. 29 The Monies so remaining unsatisfied, or not discharged.

1879 F. Hitchman Public Life Beaconsfield I. 182 He was deeply in debt, and had a number of unsatisfied judgments out against him.

Derivatives

unˈsatisfiedly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb]

doubtouslyc1350

incertainly1530

doubtinglya1535

unsurely1595

falteringly1611

uncertainly1613

dubitatively1615

with a grain of salt1647

doubtily1654

hesitantly1660

unsatisfiedly1661

doubtfully1664

Pyrrhonically1710

uncertaina1718

dubitatingly1827

undecidedly1856

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 172 Some of them,..after having Unsatisfiedly Travell'd thorough all sorts of Human Volumes, have Rested..only in these Divine Ones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unsatisfied
释义	unsatisfiedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsatᵻsfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsædəsˌfaɪd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2 1. Not satisfied in respect of something desired; not having obtained all that, or as much as, is wished for: a. Predicatively, also const. with, †of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied unstanchedc1374 unsatisfiedc1430 unsufficed?1573 cloylessa1616 unsupplied1616 unfeasted1636 unstilled1648 unpalled1669 unslaked1690 unsated1693 ungorged1700 unsatiated1701 insatiated1727 unjaded1763 meedless1783 unslacked1798 unglutted1814 unsloken1871 unmet1962 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 31 Thou tolde me, frende,..That thou kneuhest one..Unsatisfied a day in tymes twelfe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss5 So the more they strake, the more vnsatisfied they were with striking. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lx. 135 That the Church..should repell them and see them dye vnsatisfied of these their ghostlie desires. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 167 Ro. O wilt thou leaue me so vnsatisfied? Iuli. What satisfaction canst thou haue to night? View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 55 Though he were vnsatisfied in getting,..yet in bestowing..He was most Princely. View more context for this quotation 1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius Against Fear of Death in Sylvæ 69 Unsatisfy'd with all that Nature brings; Loathing the present, liking absent things. 1758–63 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 41 His ambition was yet unsatisfied. 1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 457 They were unsatisfied with the composition of the appointed embassy. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 49 To feel a woman's hunger of the heart for ever unsatisfied. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 52 A warning to others of the dangers of being unsatisfied. b. Attributively. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 50 The Cloyed will: That satiate yet vnsatisfi'd desire. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 279 Casting their unsatisfied eyes upon his countenance, they gratefully reverenced that tender Age. a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 84 Raging with unsatisfy'd desire. 1757 S. Foote Author i. 21 You know the unsatisfied Mind of Man, no sooner is one Object possess'd, but another starts up. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. l. 355 Bitter and as yet unsatisfied hatred against Platæa. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 168 The deep unrest of unsatisfied souls. 2. a. Not satisfied in respect of information or knowledge; doubtful, dubious. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adjective] orrathc1175 unsicker?c1225 doubtousc1374 doubtive1393 unsurec1412 uncertained1470 doubtful1509 unassured1528 scriple?a1534 unpersuadeda1535 uncertainc1540 scrupulous1559 unsatisfied1575 unresolved1587 incertaina1616 dubious1632 scrupling1641 hesitant1647 insecure1649 hesitatious1657 uncleara1658 groping1691 doubting1715 dubitative1728 gingerish1764 vague1806 duberous1818 dubitant1821 undecided1828 inconclusive1836 foreheadless1844 titubant1880 convictionless1882 swithering1917 1575 W. Drury in T. Churchyard Chippes f. 38^v At whoes elloquence the heerars rather stoed astonyed than vnsatysfyed in any poynt or parssell. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 292 Report me and my cause a right To the vnsatisfied . View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 187 In submission to future information, we are unsatisfied unto great dubitation. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 95 Others were unsatisfied in the Authenticalness of the instrument, who never did..see the original. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. viii. 276 It will yet leave the Mind in a very unsatisfied State. †b. Not certain of something. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 593 They mistrusted their Borders, and were unsatisfied of their more inward Garrisons. 3. a. Not satisfied with some circumstance, result, etc.; dissatisfied, displeased.Common in latter half of the 17th cent.; now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 464 Both Princes remained unsatisfied of the others actions. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 253 Miestas [was] very unsatisfied with his Son's deportments. 1669 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Trevor in Wks. (1720) II. 202 He seemed a good deal unsatisfied that the Spanish Ambassador had received the Advice from England. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 436 Fortune..declar'd that whoever was unsatisfied with their Lot should complain to her. 1795 V. Knox Christian Philos. I. vi. 57 When he is observed, he is ashamed; and when he has done, he is unsatisfied. 1883 American 6 250 Mr. Freeman is..unsatisfied with the review. †b. Not satisfied by being paid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > not unpaid1434 unwaged1538 unpaid1547 lean1581 unhired1617 wagelessa1618 honorary1631 irremunerateda1648 hireless1651 unsatisfied1654 unsalaried1836 non-paid1866 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 130 The short, and long is now no sight so unpleasant as their unsatisfied Doctor. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. ix. ix. 174 If they [sc. gamesters] were left unsatisfied, the credit of the young man would fall the sacrifice of their ill treatment. 4. Not settled by payment, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > [adjective] > not paid unyoldena1325 unpaid1371 run1493 unsatisfied1598 unpleased1604 undefrayed1611 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 138 If then..your father will restore, But that one halfe which is vnsatisfied, We will giue vp our right in Aquitaine. View more context for this quotation 1632 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 483 Howe the same debt was paid..and what is yet behinde and unsatisfied. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 114 Upon pain of forfeiture of twenty five Guilders, and the Bill to be accounted unsatisfied. 1763 Act 4 Geo. III c. i. 29 The Monies so remaining unsatisfied, or not discharged. 1879 F. Hitchman Public Life Beaconsfield I. 182 He was deeply in debt, and had a number of unsatisfied judgments out against him. Derivatives unˈsatisfiedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb] doubtouslyc1350 incertainly1530 doubtinglya1535 unsurely1595 falteringly1611 uncertainly1613 dubitatively1615 with a grain of salt1647 doubtily1654 hesitantly1660 unsatisfiedly1661 doubtfully1664 Pyrrhonically1710 uncertaina1718 dubitatingly1827 undecidedly1856 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 172 Some of them,..after having Unsatisfiedly Travell'd thorough all sorts of Human Volumes, have Rested..only in these Divine Ones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1430
随便看	to let a person down gently, softly or easily to let a person go to let a person have it to let a person have it hot to let a person into the secret to let a person know to let a person know one's mind to let a person off to let a person off lightly to let a person see to let a person see something to let a person slip through one's fingers to let a person stand to let a person worth to let a person yworth to let a scape to let a thing bide to let a thing slip through one's fingers to let a thing worth to let a thing yworth to let a-be to let abe to let abroad to let alone to let at