unfulfillment
- noun
- /ˌʌn.fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/
:
insatisfacción
- His constant feelings of unfulfillment in his job prompted him to seek a new career path.
Examples
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Perhaps it is that the home of dreams is associated with her unfulfillment.
Academic text (2009) -
My caring is constantly defined not by self or even culture, but by career: teaching that has brought such fame, such misfortune, such unfulfillment.
Fiction book (1997) -
Many people experience a sense of unfulfillment when they leave their dreams unpursued.
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After achieving success, she still felt an inexplicable unfulfillment in her personal life.
Synonyms
223
1.7
A feeling of sadness or being let down when something you wanted does not happen
58
5.3
A feeling that life has no meaning
49
5.1
A feeling of not being satisfied with the present situation
37
3.7
Feeling unhappy or not pleased with something
16
6.5
A feeling of disappointment when something is not as good as you hoped
4
7.6
A feeling that what you do has no purpose or value
1
7.0
A lack of clear purpose or direction
1
8.7
The feeling of having no clear goal or direction
The failure to reach something expected, like a goal or profit
Failure to reach a planned goal
Not finishing a required course or task
A state when something is not finished or has missing parts
A situation where something is not good enough
Antonyms
How Fulfilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfulfillment = fulfillment (transparent) = un + fulfill + ment
The emotional or existential sense ('lack of satisfaction') is a direct negation of the noun 'fulfillment' and is predictable from the components.
Etymology
Unfulfillment comes from un- 'not', fulfill 'to make full', like 'fill' or 'full', and -ment 'result'. So when we speak of personal unfulfillment, it is the 'not being made full', the feeling of missing satisfaction or purpose.