Meanings
adjectiveunfulfilled (comparative more unfulfilled, superlative most unfulfilled)
comparative more unfulfilled · superlative most unfulfilled
- Lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of failure to achieve goals or desires.
Drag this neurotic to hysterics, leave him balked and unfulfilled; holding inside, outwardly patient 'til the time he'll call it.
1998, Eve 6, “How Much Longer”, in Eve 6 - Not yet provided as promised, particularly with respect to a contract or an order for a supply of something.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishfulfilled
- Englishunfulfilled
Translations
Bulgarian несбъднат
- несбъднат (nesbădnat)Lacking fulfillment
German unausgeführt, unerfüllt
- unausgeführtLacking fulfillment
- unerfülltLacking fulfillment
- unerreichtLacking fulfillment
- nicht eingehaltennot yet provided as promised
- unbefriedigtnot yet provided as promised
- unerfülltnot yet provided as promised
Russian невы́полненный
- невы́полненный (nevýpolnennyj)not yet provided as promised
Spanish insatisfecho, poco logrado
- insatisfechoLacking fulfillment
- poco logradoLacking fulfillment
- frustradoLacking fulfillment
- nada logradoLacking fulfillment
- incumplidonot yet provided as promised
Ukrainian неви́конаний
- неви́конаний (nevýkonanyj)not yet provided as promised
Cite this entry
APA
unfulfilled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfulfilled
MLA
“unfulfilled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfulfilled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfulfilled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfulfilled.
Source: unfulfilled on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.