Check out this set of words: dissatisfied, unsatisfied, dissatisfactory, unsatisfactory, dissatisfying and unsatisfying.Can you tell the difference between them?Now let's clear them up.un = not quite, not completely;
dis = not at all, lack of; ...tory = about minimum criteria;
...ing = about the whole satisfaction or lack of it; Notice that you cannot say about a person using the above-mentioned words ending with ing or tory, and instead you should apply the suffix ed to describe a person.
dis = not at all, lack of; ...tory = about minimum criteria;
...ing = about the whole satisfaction or lack of it; Notice that you cannot say about a person using the above-mentioned words ending with ing or tory, and instead you should apply the suffix ed to describe a person.
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