insatisfactòria

Insatisfactòria is a Catalan feminine adjective used to describe something that fails to meet expectations, requirements, or needs. It can refer to a product, service, result, piece of information, or process that does not satisfy standards or adequately address a goal. The masculine form is insatisfactori, and the plural forms are insatisfactoris (masculine) and insatisfactòries (feminine).

Etymology and morphology: the word derives from the prefix in- (negation) plus satisfactori, itself from the Latin satisfactorius, meaning satisfactory. In Catalan, many adjectives of this type adopt the feminine -òria ending in the singular and -òries in the plural, hence insatisfactòria and insatisfactòries.

Usage: insatisfactòria is common in formal and semi-formal contexts, such as quality reports, customer feedback, educational assessments, and technical evaluations. Examples include: "El resultat és insatisfactori" (The result is unsatisfactory) and "El servei va ser insatisfactori per al client" (The service was unsatisfactory for the client). It is often contrasted with "satisfactori" and with milder expressions like "poc satisfactori" to indicate varying degrees of adequacy.

Related terms and nuances: while insatisfactòria conveys a clear judgment of poor adequacy, synonyms include poc satisfactori, deficent, or insuficient depending on context. The term insatisfet refers to a person who is not satisfied (a subjective feeling), rather than describing the quality of something.