26984 words

unfulfilled

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
If a wish, hope, promise, etc. is unfulfilled, it has not happened or been achieved:

Examples:

an unfulfilled ambition/dream
2
unhappy because you think you should be achieving more in your life
3
an unfulfilled order or contract has not been delivered or completed:

Examples:

Reports of unfulfilled orders indicated that the firm was in trouble.
4
not yet achieved or done:

Examples:

Close associates say his unfulfilled ambition is to see the group in the FTSE 100 index.
The report accused the nuclear industry of making unfulfilled promises.
After years of unfulfilled potential, the $158-million makeover of the museum hopes to capture the imagination of city residents.

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