unsatisfactory
差强人意
definition
adjective
an unsatisfactory situation
unacceptable because poor or not good enough.
example
Water entered through the roof and the water supply was 'unsatisfactory' , being dirty in wet weather and deficient in dry.
Property services, which were poor at the last inspection have improved little and remain 'unsatisfactory' .
Never stop the payment of your cheque after it is issued because of 'unsatisfactory' work, without taking legal advice.
Was their design 'unsatisfactory' for the safety of the drivers?
Their social, moral and spiritual development is 'unsatisfactory' .
It is true that since its opening we have had problems and I have acknowledged that the level of service has been 'unsatisfactory' .
Their inadequacy apart, this is totally 'unsatisfactory' as it takes several minutes to cross from one platform to the other.
This is 'unsatisfactory' as my urgent issues remain unanswered.
Teaching in a third of lessons was graded 'unsatisfactory' or poor, while learning in two fifths of lessons was below standard.
Staff leading these lessons were judged 'unsatisfactory' or poor.
Standards are above average, but achievement is poor as a result of 'unsatisfactory' teaching and attendance.
Having broken up with a long-term girlfriend, he embarked upon a series of 'unsatisfactory' relationships.
Essential repairs have been carried out but accommodation was still found to be 'unsatisfactory' in the latest inspection.
Clearly she still struggles with her emotions about the police and believes their driving in London is 'unsatisfactory' .
For somebody to get four months is absolutely 'unsatisfactory' .
All in all it's been a boring, 'unsatisfactory' day and, at the end of it, I'm not in the least reluctant to apply head to pillow.
Her first two collections were very much preoccupied with relationships, most of which were 'unsatisfactory' .
It was a thoroughly 'unsatisfactory' way to concede the three points but entirely in keeping with a game that never threatened to catch fire.
More than half of the teaching was 'unsatisfactory' , aspects of management were weak and attendance was poor.
It takes courage to make such a joke, to admit that those who died were not paragons but incomplete, 'unsatisfactory' human beings.
In addition, our website, though 'unsatisfactorily' updated, has proved a valuable link with all the interested people, allowing us to get in touch with them and offering them a playing opportunity.
The 'unsatisfactoriness' of such a course ought now to be plain to our readers.
He said: ‘I will request that the coroner here write a letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to inform them that the family consider this matter to be dealt with very 'unsatisfactorily' .’
The structure of the first movement is 'unsatisfactorily' wayward, though full of marvellous ideas.
The 'unsatisfactoriness' of the situation we are in, to have it clear, is a matter of several things.
The difficulty I am pointing to is an 'unsatisfactoriness' involved in accepting an ' externalist ' theory and claiming to understand human knowledge in general in that way.
‘On the balance of probability, although somewhat 'unsatisfactorily' overall, I'm led to the conclusion she died from an adverse reaction to the general anaesthetic,’ he said.
Given the 'unsatisfactoriness' of our situation, we need to do something.
Mine, with Richard, went OK, although the conflict between our two characters hit a brick wall, with neither side giving ground, and so we had to end things rather 'unsatisfactorily' .
All the varieties and dimensions of pain and 'unsatisfactoriness' we can experience in this life, are not independently arisen, but can with wisdom and clarity be traced back to the roots of ignorance and craving.
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