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unfulfilled

adj · 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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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N F UH0 L F IH1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of failure to achieve goals or desires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not yet provided as promised, particularly with respect to a contract or an order for a supply of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unfulfilled and uneasy men
  • unrealized dreams and ambitions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unrealized, unrealised

Antonyms: none provided

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 fulfilled English unfulfilled From un- + fulfilled.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: несбъднат (nesbǎdnat) — Lacking fulfillment
  • German: unausgeführt — Lacking fulfillment
  • German: unerfüllt — Lacking fulfillment
  • German: unerreicht — Lacking fulfillment
  • Spanish: insatisfecho — Lacking fulfillment
  • Spanish: poco logrado — Lacking fulfillment
  • Spanish: frustrado — Lacking fulfillment
  • Spanish: nada logrado — Lacking fulfillment
  • German: nicht eingehalten — not yet provided as promised
  • German: unbefriedigt — not yet provided as promised
  • German: unerfüllt — not yet provided as promised
  • Russian: невы́полненный (nevýpolnennyj) — not yet provided as promised
  • Spanish: incumplido — not yet provided as promised
  • Ukrainian: неви́конаний (nevýkonanyj) — not yet provided as promised