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[ uhn-fool-fild ] / ˌʌn fʊlˈfɪld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unfulfilled ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot carried out or done: many unfulfilled requests. not yet achieved: his unfulfilled dreams. not happy or satisfied, from not having achieved one’s desires or full potential: I was feeling unfulfilled in my job. Origin of unfulfilledun-1 + fulfill + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM unfulfilledun·ful·fill·ing, adjectiveWords nearby unfulfilledunfriended, unfriendly, unfrock, unfroze, unfruitful, unfulfilled, unfunded, unfunded debt, unfunny, unfurl, unfurnished Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unfulfilledWhen we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change. The Lost Novel of Nobel-Winner José Saramago|Charles Shafaieh|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Jones, it should be said, is also aces as the unfulfilled housewife (a role she plays very convincingly on Mad Men). Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare Obsession|Marlow Stern|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now 27 years later, the giant, unfinished shell is a reminder of the country's unfulfilled tourism dreams. Nobody’s Home at the Hermit Kingdom’s Ghost Hotel|Nina Strochlic|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Savage Coast is both an unfulfilled promise and an unexpected gift. The Art of Rediscovery: Muriel Rukeyser’s “Savage Coast”|Lauren Elkin|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This speaks of unfulfilled and unfulfillable aspirations in our young men. A Nation of Onlookers: India’s Violence Against Women and America’s Guns|Dilip D’Souza|December 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was the old story of unfulfilled obligations, of a royal purse plucked at by too many vital interests to spend freely on art. The Tapestry Book|Helen Churchill Candee There was something too poignantly sad about the unfulfilled hope of the picture. The Four Pools Mystery|Jean Webster Now, here was no stereotyped utterance of the cards—no stock phrase—but a deliberate prophecy of an unfulfilled event. There is no Death|Florence Marryatt The distribution of the fulfilled is less than that of the unfulfilled dream by three to five. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts|Andrew Lang In each case the worst dread was unfulfilled, but what remained to be borne required all the fortitude which they could summon. Tom and Some Other Girls|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
British Dictionary definitions for unfulfilled
adjectivenot completed or achievedunfulfilled ambitions not having achieved one's potential or desires Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unfulfilledbare, unadorned, undeveloped, incomplete, deficient, gone, short, missing, shy, failing, deprived, disappointing, needed, omitted, scant, bankrupt, empty, absent, cooked, complaining |