Standard Lemma guide

unfilled

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ʌnˈfɪld/
  • rhymes with -ɪld
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N F IH1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not filled, especially occupational positions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: empty, void, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of unfill

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of purchase orders that have not been filled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: filled

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English filled English unfilled From un- + filled.

Etymology tree English un- English fill English unfill English -ed English unfilled From unfill + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: ubesat — not filled
  • Hungarian: betöltetlen — not filled
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubesatt — not filled