unfulfilled

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌʌnfʊˈlfɪld/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not satisfied or achieved; remaining unmet, as in desires, expectations, or obligations.; Not carried out or brought to completion; left undone.; Not realized or actualized, as in potential, promises, or prophecies.; Feeling a lack of personal satisfaction or purpose in one's life.; Not filled or occupied, as in a position or vacancy.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more unfulfilled Superlative: most unfulfilled

Collocations

unfulfilled potentialunfulfilled promiseunfulfilled ambitionunfulfilled desireunfulfilled dreamunfulfilled expectations

Derivatives

unfulfillingunfulfillmentfulfillfulfilledfulfillmentfulfilling

Synonyms

unsatisfiedunrealizedunmetfrustratedunachieveddisappointed

Antonyms

fulfilledsatisfiedrealizedachieved

Commonly confused

unfulfilling
EN: 'Unfulfilling' describes something that fails to satisfy (active quality); 'unfulfilled' describes a state of not having been satisfied or completed.
dissatisfied
EN: 'Dissatisfied' implies active displeasure or discontent; 'unfulfilled' implies a deeper sense of incompleteness or unrealized potential.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'unfulfilled' retains the double 'l' from 'fulfill' and the prefix 'un-' is attached without a hyphen.

💬 Examples

  1. She felt a deep sense of unfulfilled ambition after years of working a job she disliked.

  2. The project was abandoned with many unfulfilled tasks still on the list.

  3. The young athlete was considered unfulfilled potential after his career ended prematurely due to injury.

  4. Despite his wealth and fame, he remained unfulfilled and restless.

  5. The company struggled to operate with several unfulfilled positions in its management team.