Sentence examples for it proved unsatisfactory from inspiring English sources

Even after the waterway was stabilized, it proved unsatisfactory because of constant disputes with landowners on the Mexican side of the border.

The first poorhouse at Framlingham, the Red House, was finally built in the Inner Court and used as a home for poor families; it proved unsatisfactory and, following the mismanagement of the poorhouse funds, the Red House was closed and used as a public house instead.

Nevertheless, the Type 2 gold dollar (as it came to be known) proved unsatisfactory as the mints had difficulty in striking the new coin so that all details were brought out.

Radiotherapy as first-line treatment proved unsatisfactory, as it was sufficient treatment in only 20% of patients.

Instead it was other laws of the game that proved unsatisfactory.

The Instrument proved unsatisfactory to both radicals and Royalists, and Parliament refused to accept it as the basis of its authority.

The new constitution, which endured until 1946, proved unsatisfactory to the Ceylonese and was, for its duration, the object of constant criticism.

It comes round so frequently because the answers given on the previous occasions have always proved unsatisfactory.

At a rehearsal, that recourse proved unsatisfactory as well.

Repeated attempts to fix the deadness of the sound proved unsatisfactory.

When further discussions with the hospital proved unsatisfactory, Mr. Zerga contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation.