unindulged
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈdʌldʒd/
- Her unindulged desires led her to appreciate the small things in life.
Examples
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Despite wanting to eat dessert, the child remained unindulged to teach him discipline.
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And somehow these fleeting, unindulged moments were the aspect that lived longest and most vividly out of the entire episode, becoming the memories that would later return of their own volition, intact and undiminished by time, in the most unexpected of circumstances, not infrequently while making love.
Fiction book (2000) -
He felt unindulged during his childhood, which instilled a strong sense of responsibility.
Synonyms
Feeling unhappy because you did not get what you wanted
Not fully satisfied and still wanting more
Not feeling satisfied because a wish was not met
Wanting more and not content
How Indulged
Surface Forms
Morphology
unindulged = indulged (transparent) = un + indulge + ed
Standard negation 'un-' applied to the adjectival past participle 'indulged', yielding a direct opposite meaning.
Etymology
Unindulged comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb indulge meaning 'to give in to a wish' or 'to spoil', as in indulgent. So unindulged describes someone or something that was not given what they wanted, which often makes their desire or curiosity stronger.