Unfulfilled

Definition: Unfulfilled

Unfulfilled

Adjective

1. Of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions".

Date "unfulfilled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references)

Synonyms: Unfulfilled

Synonyms: unrealised (adj), unrealized (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nonobservance	Unfulfilled; (see fulfill; ).
Undueness	Undeserved, unmerited, unearned; unfulfilled.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unfulfilled

English words defined with "unfulfilled": longing ♦ wistful ♦ yearning. (references)

Specialty definitions using "unfulfilled": jumping a claim ♦ Sea, settlement price. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

I am sorrow and longing an hope unfulfilled. I am She Who Must Be Obeyed! (She; writing credit: H. Rider Haggard; Ruth Rose)

I condemn you, John Crichton, to live so that your thirst for unfulfilled revenge will consume you. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

The unexamined self is the unfulfilled self. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Feeling Unfulfilled and Less Than Inspired? Then Find Your Calling and Love Your Life : An Exclusive Interview with Martha Finney [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Freud, Psychoanalysis, Social Theory: The Unfulfilled Promise (Suny Series in Social and Political Thought) (reference) I'll Love You Forever Accepting Your Child When Your Expectations Are Unfulfilled (reference) The Unfulfilled Promise: Public Subsidy of the Arts in America (reference) Uganda Since Independence: A Story of Unfulfilled Hopes (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The level of spending for environmental protection is similar to the average level in OECD member countries, but Poland still has a substantial list of unfulfilled tasks in environmental investment. (references)
		Poland's challenge is that although its level of spending for environmental protection is similar to the average level among OECD member countries, Poland still has a substantial list of unfulfilled tasks in the area of environmental investment. (references)
Children	Turkmenistan	The ostensible reason for the reduction was to increase salaries for the remaining teachers; however, past similar promises have been unfulfilled, and teachers routinely were paid 2 to 3 months late. (references)
Economic History	Hong Kong	Some of the proposals have been successfully implemented, but much of the agenda remains unfulfilled. (references)
	Panama	Other commitments to the IMF, such as the closing of two state banks and initiating a reform of social security remain unfulfilled. (references)
Human Rights	Cuba	In 1998 the UNCHR did not renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, following as yet unfulfilled assertions by the Government that it would improve human rights practices if it was not under formal sanction from the UNCHR. (references)
Minorities	Croatia	Government pledges to provide more balanced textbooks went unfulfilled. (references)
Political Economy	AUSTRALIA	There is no record of forced divestment outside that stemming from investments or mergers that tend to create market dominance, contravene laws on equity participation, or result from unfulfilled contractual obligations. (references)
Worker Rights	Barbados	The ILO asked that it be amended; the Government has not taken any action to do so. In July 2000, the nonunion Barbados Police Association supported the police in a labor action over unfulfilled promises of increased wages and increased allowances. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	In Europe our alliances are unfulfilled and in some disarray.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unfulfilled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unfulfilled" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	118	29,674

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "unfulfilled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pazbatuar (unaccomplished, unapplied, unexecuted, unmitigated, unperformed, unrealized), i paplotësuar (unaccomplished). (various references)

Bulgarian		неосъществен (unachieved, unrealized), неизпълнен (outstanding, unexecuted, unredeemed). (various references)

Chinese		未实现 (unrealized). (various references)

Czech		nespokojený (disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, displeasing, dissatisfactory, dissatisfied, malcontent, non-content, uncontented, unhappy, unsatisfied), nesplnìný, frustrovaný (frustrated, unsatisfied). (various references)

Finnish		toteutumaton, täyttymätön, täyttämätön (unfilled). (various references)

German		unerfüllt (unaccomplished, unrealized). (various references)

Greek		ανεκπλήρωτοσ (unfilled), απραγματοποίητοσ (unrealistic, unrealized). (various references)

Hungarian		beteljesítetlen. (various references)

Italian		insoddisfatto (disappointed, dissatisfied, unsatisfied), incompiuto (imperfect, uncompleted, undone, unfinished), frustrato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		未消化 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		みしょうか. (various references)

Manx		neuchooilleenit (unaccomplished, unconsummated, undischarged, unfinished, ungratified), gyn cooilleeney (unconsummated). (various references)

Pig Latin		ulfilledunfay

Portuguese		por cumprir, não satisfeito (unperformed), não realizado (unaccomplished, unartful, unperformed, unrealized). (various references)

Romanian		nerealizat, neexecutat, neadeverit, neîndeplinit, neîmplinit (raw, unfinished). (various references)

Russian		невыполненный (outstanding, unacted, undischarged, unexecuted, unperformed, unrealized). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neostvaren (unacted, unclaimed, unrealized), neispunjen (unfilled, unrealized, unredeemed). (various references)

Spanish		incumplido (unredeemed). (various references)

Swedish		ouppfylld. (various references)

Turkish		yerine getirilmemiş (outstanding, unfilled, unperformed, unredeemed, unsatisfied), tatmin edilmemiş, karşılanmamış. (various references)

Vietnamese		không ho� n th� nh (unaccomplished), không đạt, chưa l� m xong. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unfulfilled" (pronounced u'nfuhlfi"ld)
7	-f uh l f i" l d	fulfilled.
4	-f i" l d	filled, refilled, unfilled.
3	-i" l d	billed, build, Childe, chilled, distilled, drilled, gild, grilled, guild, instilled, killed, milled, rebuild, skilled, spilled, stilled, thrilled, unskilled, willed.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-f-f-i-l-l-l-n-u-u"
	-2 letters: fulfilled.
	-3 letters: unfilled.
	-4 letters: fulfill, lifeful.
	-5 letters: duelli, duffel, duffle, filled, fulfil, fulled, luffed, lulled, lunule, nilled, nulled.
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