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dissatisfied & unsatisfied
Is there any difference between the two words? Which negative prefix shoud I put before "satisfactory", " dis" or " un"?
Thanks for your helpnot as + adjective + as
not so + adjective + as
Do the two structures have any difference?
23 de ago. de 2014 15:12
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'dis-' means badly or wrongly; 'un-' means 'not'.
You would perhaps be dissatisfied with something that exists but was bad (e.g. with a meal that tasted horrible) but unsatisfied with a LACK of something (a meal that was nice but too small).
In many cases that difference isn't important and you can use either.
However, we don't say 'dissatisfactory' often - 'unsatisfactory' is much more common.
23 de agosto de 2014
These are VERY similar in meaning and can, I think, be used interchangeably in speech and writing. Dissatisfied is perhaps a little stronger in tone (a dissatisfied person is perhaps a little more angry/upset/saddened than an unsatisfied person...who is simply not satisfied) but the distinction is very subtle.
23 de agosto de 2014
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