UNSATISFACTORY, UNSATISFACTORILY
ADJECTIVES
► ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up → 1984 UK sl.
► ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up → 1948 UK sl.
► ARSEHOLES TO BREAKFAST TIME upside down; utterly confused; most unsatisfactory → L19 sl.
► BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME very unsatisfactory, totally confused, chaotic → 1900s US sl.
► BODGER of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory → 1945 Aust. sl.
► BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty → 1859 sl., orig. US
► CHEESEY ► CHEESY lacking in style; worthless; of cheap of inferior material, design, or workmanship; unsatisfactory for any reason → 1863 sl., orig. US
► CHRONIC of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1904 sl.
► CRAPPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1928 sl., orig. US
► CREEPY unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful → 1898 Aust. & NZ
► CRUMBY ► CRUMMY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1859 sl.
► CURDLING unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► CUT-RATE unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► DEADLY unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► DEE-GAW unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1958 sl.
► DREAR unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► DUD worthless, useless, unsatisfactory → 1903 UK sl.
► DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless → 1953 UK sl.
► FUNKY wrong, unsatisfactory → 1990s US teen sl.
► GARMY unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► GESTANKO unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► GLEEPY unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
► GREEBY unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
► HAIRY bad or unsatisfactory → 1940s US sl.
► HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate → 1865 US sl.
► HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory → M19 sl.
► HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, mediocre, insignificant → 1932 Amer. sl.
► HORSESHIT contemptible or pretentious; worthless; offensive; unsatisfactory → 1939 US sl.
► KAFFIR of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable → 1934 S. Afr. sl., offensive
► MADE IN JAPAN unsatisfactory; shoddy; corny → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► MANKEY ► MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory → 1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► MELANCHOLY very unsatisfactory → 1877 Eng. dial.
► MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory → 1896 sl.
► NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
► N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) → 1903 sl.
► NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1902 Brit. sl.
► NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
► NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory → 1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
► NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1902 Brit. sl.
► NOT THE FULL TWO BOB not up to standards, not as promised or advertised, unsatisfactory → 1963 sl.
► OFF-TIME badly timed, at the wrong time, hence unacceptable, unsatisfactory → 1938 US jazz sl.
► ON THE CHEESE unsatisfactory; in a bad way → L19 US sl.
► ON THE GREEBY SIDE unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► PEEZALTREE inferior; uncultured; unsatisfactory → 1953 Amer. dial.
► PISS-POOR of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory → 1946 sl.
► PISSY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1972 sl.
► POXY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1950 sl.
► PULVERIZING unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► REVOLTING unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► ROPEY ► ROPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1942 sl.
► ROTTEN of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory → 1880
► RUBBISHY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1824
► SKLONKISH unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory → 1890 sl.
► SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory → 1890 sl.
► SNIDEY ► SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory → 1890 sl.
► SUB-ZERO unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► TOO FOUL unsatisfactory; displeasing → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome → 1937 Brit. sl.
► WACK ► WHACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad → 1984 African-American sl.
► WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory → 1980s African-American sl.
► WACKED ► WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory → 1980s African-American sl.
► WANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1972 sl.
ADVERBS
► SHITILY badly, unsatisfactorily → 1920s sl.
► SHITTY badly, unsatisfactorily → 1920s sl.
NOUNS
► BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory thing → 1935 Amer. jocular usage
► DOG something unsatisfactory or inferior → 1938 US sl.
► LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory → 1934 Amer. sl.
► NON-EVENT any unexciting or unsatisfactory event, esp. one that fails to fulfil expectations → 1962 UK sl.
► SKANK an unsatisfactory situation → 2000s sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory person or thing → 1935 Amer. jocular usage
PHRASES
► GOT THE ARSE AT BULLI PASS used to denote an unsatisfactory situation → 1960s Aust. sl.
► IN JAIL AT INNISFAIL denotes an unsatisfactory situation → 1960s Aust. sl.
► ODDS IS THE DIFFERENCE either is equally satisfactory or unsatisfactory → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK there is a corrupt element underlying a situation; also, something is incorrect or unsatisfactory → 1603
VERBS
► BITE THE BAG to be very unsatisfactory → 1983 Amer. sl.
► EAT IT to be extremely objectionable, offensive, or unsatisfactory; to ‘suck’ → 1940 US sl.