unrealised

Thân thiện

A young artist stares at a blank canvas, her unrealised potential weighing on her.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Not achieved or fulfilled: Describes something that has not been made real, actual, or accomplished. It often refers to potential, dreams, ambitions, or plans that remain incomplete or only in the realm of possibility. 2. Not converted into money or sold: In finance, describes an asset whose value has increased or decreased on paper, but the gain or loss has not been made actual through a sale or transaction.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She left with a sense of unrealised potential.
  • The project was abandoned, so its benefits remain unrealised.
  • His unrealised ambition was to travel the world.
  • The increase in the stock's value is an unrealised gain until the shares are sold.

Advanced Usage

• "unrealised potential": Refers to inherent abilities or possibilities that have not been developed or utilized.
  • The coach was frustrated by the team's unrealised potential.
• "unrealised loss/gain/profit": A financial term for a change in the value of an asset that exists only on an accounting statement, not as actual cash.
  • The unrealised gains on his investment portfolio looked impressive, but he couldn't spend them yet.

Variants and Related Words

• Unrealized (adj): The more common spelling in American English, identical in meaning to "unrealised".
• Realise/Realize (v): To make real; to achieve; to become fully aware of; to convert into money.
• Realisation/Realization (n): The act of achieving something or becoming aware; the conversion of an asset into cash.

Synonyms

• Unfulfilled
• Unachieved
• Unaccomplished
• Dormant
• Latent (especially for potential)

Antonyms

• Realised/Realized
• Fulfilled
• Accomplished
• Achieved
• Actualized

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities
   • unfulfilled and uneasy men
   • unrealized dreams and ambitions

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unfulfilled
• unrealized