unfulfilled
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.fʊlˈfɪld/
- The room was dense with other unfulfilled promises, other expectations never met.
- unfulfilled promises
- remain unfulfilled
- go unfulfilled
So I just didn't want to talk about it because it seems like it's setting an expectation that will go unfulfilled.
- So I just didn't want to talk about it because it seems like it's setting an expectation that will go unfulfilled.
- And that the society's needs can go unfulfilled because the privates don't do what you would need to do to fill them.
- And it was a very aggressive company and they went bankrupt and they owed all these people many, many issues of unfulfilled magazines.
Examples
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Many customers were disappointed when their special orders remained unfulfilled even after two weeks.
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Despite progress toward Healthy People 2010 tobacco control objectives, targets for both of these groups remain unfulfilled.
Academic text (2012) -
And I want you to think what has been the greatest unfulfilled promise of this show?
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However, despite its efforts, West Africa continues to be an area where economic rights remain unfulfilled.
Academic text (1990) -
However, new shop owners failed to access private capital, and their hopes for state loans went unfulfilled.
Academic text (2006) -
Numerous promises made by G-20 leaders remain unfulfilled and might be abandoned outright.
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For some artists, flag imagery functioned as a highly visible reminder of broken treaties and unfulfilled promises.
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In the more remote colonies, promises of schools and medical facilities were unfulfilled (Mukai 1991; Tabata 1991).
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Bratton described how the UPP played on local grievances regarding unfulfilled promises, for example, the failure to provide tractors for agricultural development.
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Without a significant increase in the number of high-quality EBM tools, governmental mandates to implement EBM will remain unfulfilled.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
Not complete and still needing work
Not finished because some parts or steps are missing
Feeling unhappy because you did not get what you wanted
Not kept or not done as promised
Not finished, still needing work or attention
Not satisfied or completed, for example a need left without help
Not yet finished or given for jobs and orders
Not sent to the person or place it should reach
Promises or agreements that someone does not follow
Not done or carried out, often not shown to people
Not provided when expected, for example a service or good
Not given when required, often about documents such as records or proof
Not yet put into use, often in software or plans
Not finished and still needing more work
Problems that are not yet handled or fixed
Not done or reached yet
Not reached or achieved yet
Antonyms
How Fulfilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfulfilled comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and fulfill, which means 'make full' and is like fill or full. So an unfulfilled order is one that has not been 'made full' — it has not been completed or supplied.