Antonyms for satisfactory
ˌsæt ɪsˈfæk tə ri, -ˈfæk trisat·is·fac·to·ry

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1. satisfactory

   Adequate, commensurate, and sufficient signify equal to some given occasion or work; as, a sum sufficient to meet expenses; an adequate remedy for the disease. Commensurate is the more precise and learned word, signifying that which exactly measures the matter in question. Adapted, fit, suitable, and qualified refer to the qualities which match or suit the occasion. A clergyman may have strength adequate to the work of a porter; but that would not be a fit or suitable occupation for him. Work is satisfactory if it satisfies those for whom it is done, though it may be very poor work judged by some higher standard. Qualified refers to acquired abilities; competent to both natural and acquired; a qualified teacher may be no longer competent, by reason of ill health. Able and capable suggest general ability and reserved power, able being the higher word of the two. An able man will do something well in any position. A capable man will come up to any ordinary demand. We say an able orator, a capable accountant.

   Antonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Synonyms:
   able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, sufficient, suitable

   Preposition:
   Adequate to the demand; for the purpose.

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1. satisfactoryadjective

   giving satisfaction

   "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, dissatisfactory, unacceptable, bad, disappointing, failing, off

   Synonyms:
   acceptable

2. satisfactory, acceptableadjective

   meeting requirements

   "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfying, unacceptable, off, failing, disappointing, unsatisfactory, dissatisfactory, bad

   Synonyms:
   acceptable

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1. satisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   sufficient, satisfying, conclusive, gratify, ing, atoning

How to use satisfactory in a sentence?

1. Fed Chair Janet Yellen:

   The U.S. economy has continued to progress in a satisfactory way. We continue to see good job performance, some evidence of inflation moving up, so that was our expectation when we raised rates in December.

2. Deputy Trade Representative Robert Holleyman:

   There are a lot of angles that are being used here and we're going to keep pursuing it at the highest levels until we get a satisfactory resolution.

3. Di Maio:

   The plan as regards both the environment and jobs is not satisfactory. We expect proposals from ArcelorMittal which are better, much better.

4. Margaret Oliphant Oliphant:

   It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.

5. John Hurt:

   I have recently been diagnosed with early stage pancreatic cancer. I am undergoing treatment and am more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome, as indeed is the medical team.

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