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Dissatisfied With: Standard Pattern

Dissatisfied With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “dissatisfied with” when saying that someone is not pleased with a person, thing, service, or situation.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsdissatisfied with

Further guidance

Construction

Use “dissatisfied with” when saying that someone is not pleased with a person, thing, service, or situation.

Style Boundary

This page records the directly documented “with” complement and does not imply that every use of “dissatisfied” requires an explicit complement.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. DISSATISFIED | English meaning — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct Cambridge dictionary evidence for the construction “dissatisfied with” someone or something.

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