Whats the difference between dissatisfied and unsatisfied? A sense of incompleteness, which leaves one feeling unsatisfied A sense of wrongness, which leaves one feeling dissatisfied Naturally, both senses may overlap in certain situations Take the following example: John's father was unsatisfied by the principal's explanation of his son's injuries
Whats a phrase for a compromise in which both sides are unhappy? I think there is a useful distinction between a compromise which divides the pain between the two parties, and a compromise that is actually worse for everyone than either of the preferred solutions For instance, one family lives in New York, the other in Paris, so they have the wedding on a barge in the mid-Atlantic
grammatical number - What is the plural of status quo? - English . . . Feeling "deeply unsatisfied" at this state of affairs and trying to analyze the components of such phrases quickly leads us to absurd places (like those jokers who insist the plural of octopus is octopi and such) And what "the plural" of status is in Latin depends on gender, declension, etc
Why is dissatisfactorily not a word? - English Language Usage Stack . . . Unsatisfied is almost passive and invokes thoughts of disappointment, while dissatisfied describes disapproval So it makes sense to me that since one has an adverb so would the other Is there something about the word dissatisfactorily that it fails to make logical sense? Is there some other reason why it is not a word?
What is the difference between desire and motivation? Wordnet says that desire is "the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state" or "an inclination to want things" The first definition I would say describes a force of motivation i e the two words refer to the same phenomenon (the feeling which causes the action), the second definition describe a phenomenon which is either a force for
Correct usage of persons (vs. people) I had a little fight about persons vs people Could you advise if both of the following are correct, if possible with reference to a dictionary? A table for two people please A table for
negation - Negative form of satisfy, correct usage of such . . . The tiny portions of food left me unsatisfied during dinner Is the option "such a fit runner" or "such fit runner", since you've mentioned both? If it's the latter, then the right answer is "so fit" because of the missing a If it is the former, well I think one of the probable explanations can be that the sentence has unwanted details