"much less satisfied" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to contrast one feeling with another. For example, "I was expecting a higher grade and was much less satisfied with the result."
A study published in 2001 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that over all doctors were much less satisfied in every aspect of their professional lives than they were in 1986.
* Includes any responses for "about the same", "less satisfied", or "much less satisfied".
DTSQs scores range from, for example, 6 = very satisfied to 0 = very dissatisfied and DTSQc scores from +3 = much more satisfied now to -3 = much less satisfied now, with 0 (midpoint), representing no change.
To independently assess the magnitude of change in treatment satisfaction over time, we used a global Patient Impression of Change measure comprised of a single item with a 5-point Likert scale ("much more satisfied", "more satisfied", "about the same", "less satisfied", "much less satisfied").
The providers were much less satisfied with their salaries (38.47/100), management (48.00/100) continuing education (53.00/100) and work environment (53.49/100).
In this study, we found that although health workers were satisfied with their jobs in general, they were much less satisfied with different elements of their work environment.
A linear regression analysis of job-satisfaction versus salary shows that whereas scientists who earned $150,000 rated their job satisfaction as "very good," scientists earning barely one-fifth as much were only slightly less satisfied.
At the end of the study, the patients rated their overall contentment with the treatment (not satisfied, less satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied).
The variable 'satisfied with your work' was dichotomized in satisfied (score 1 'very satisfied' and 2 'satisfied') and less satisfied (score 3 'varying satisfied' and 4 'not satisfied').
A single response was selected from the five categories: very satisfied, satisfied, just so‐so, less satisfied, and not satisfied.
The premise is that diners will eat these pastries without noticing any difference in flavor, texture or richness, then feel so satisfied yet so much less weighed down that they will ask about the recipes -- and then become soldiers in this quiet revolution themselves.
