unfulfilled
Adjective: 1. Not achieved or realized: Describes a state where something hoped for, desired, or aimed at has not been accomplished or has not come to pass. 2. Not satisfied or content: Describes a person who feels a sense of lack or disappointment because their potential, ambitions, or emotional needs have not been met.
The adjective unfulfilled is used to describe either a person's internal state or an external condition (like a promise, dream, or task). It often carries a tone of regret, incompleteness, or longing.
- Describing a person's state:
- She felt unfulfilled in her career and decided to go back to school.
- He was an unfulfilled artist who never got the recognition he deserved.
- Describing a condition or object:
- The contract remained unfulfilled due to the supplier's bankruptcy.
- Her lifelong dream of visiting Paris was sadly unfulfilled.
- "unfulfilled potential": A common phrase describing talent or ability that was never fully developed or used.
- The novel is a study of unfulfilled potential and quiet desperation.
- "unfulfilled promise": Can refer literally to a promise not kept, or metaphorically to early talent that did not develop as expected.
- The young athlete was once considered an unfulfilled promise.
- Unfulfilling (adj): Describes an activity or situation that does not provide satisfaction or a sense of achievement.
- He found the repetitive work deeply unfulfilling.
- Fulfill (v): The root verb meaning to achieve, realize, or carry out.
- Fulfilled (adj): The direct opposite, meaning satisfied or having achieved one's desires.
- Unsatisfied: Not content or pleased.
- Unrealized: Not achieved or made real.
- Unachieved: Not successfully brought to completion.
- Frustrated: Feeling upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.
- Fulfilled
- Satisfied
- Realized
- Achieved
- Content
The meaning of unfulfilled can shift slightly based on context: 1. Objective/External Focus: When referring to tasks, contracts, or prophecies, it means "not completed or carried out." 2. Subjective/Internal Focus: When referring to people, dreams, or potential, it implies a deeper sense of personal disappointment and missed opportunity.
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of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities
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unfulfilled and uneasy men
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unrealized dreams and ambitions
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